Cabaret

Original script by well-known writer and playwright Jay Presson Allen was not satisfied with Fosse, and he was hired for processing Hugh Wheeler. However, in the credits Wheeler was listed only as a consultant, while she Jay Presson Allen, was listed as the author of the script. The film is largely based on a series of short stories by Christopher Isherwood "goodbye to Berlin" and the play by John van Druten "I — Camera" than on the stage version of Joe Masteroff.

Well-known theatrical Manager, SAI Foyer implemented the project through studios "ABC Pictures and Allied Artists". Bob Fosse was eager to take the Director's chair and offered Voyeru his candidacy. However, the studios chose Joseph Leo Mankiewicz or Gene Kelly, as the previous Fosse musical "Sweet charity" filmed on the basis of the film of Federico Fellini "Nights of Cabiria", failed at the box office. The foyer still had to persuade chefs to take it to Bob Fosse, referring to the fact that in the movie "Cabaret" the emphasis is not on plot twists and turns, and dance rooms.

SAI Foyer and Bob Fossey traveled to Germany to collect there the missing part of the crew. Fossey strongly recommended Voyeru to take us operator Robert Sartis. But the Foyer, unhappy with the way Sartis did "Sweet charity", was invited for the shooting of Briton Geoffrey Unsworth.

Liza Minnelli and Joel grey were approved for the role long before the project came Bob Fosse. Previously was denied Minnelli to play Sally Bowles in a theatrical setting, unlike Joel grey, who played the same role on Broadway. Michael York was invited personally by the Director. Actors for episodic roles, as well as dancers, it was decided to recruit in Germany.

The movie is very different from theatrical production. So, the main character was renamed from American cliff bredda the Englishman Brian Roberts, however, the motive of the bisexuality of the character remained in the film. Fritz, Natalia and max in the Broadway musical was not even in the play had a minor character named Max — the owner of the club "kit kat", which in the picture is missing. Fossey did not use many of the songs heard in the musical, except that performed directly at the club. The exception was "Tomorrow Belongs to Me" ("Tomorrow belongs to me"), which the characters listen to in a restaurant under the open sky and have an important meaning. Specifically for the film composer John Kander and poet Fred Ebb wrote the song "Money, Money" ("Money, money, money") and "Mein Herr" ("My Lord"), which has proved so popular that subsequently it was decided to include in the theatrical version.

The DVD of "Cabaret" was first published in 1998. Was later reissues in 2003 and 2008