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Cabaret

1972 · 124 min · Director: Bob Fosse ★ IMDb 7.8 · 64,599 ratings

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Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force.

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Cabaret (1972) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Melancholy 30%, Anxiety 25%, Excitement 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Melancholy, Anxiety, Excitement. Genres: Drama, Romance, Music. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Melancholy, Anxiety and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 7.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 74/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sadness
  • Humor
  • Joy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Tension

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Humor
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 28 %, then rises around 68 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessHumorJoy
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor48 %2 %43 %37 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Humor43 %6 %39 %30 %
12.5 %≈ 16′Humor37 %13 %31 %21 %
17.5 %≈ 22′Hope36 %14 %30 %16 %
22.5 %≈ 28′Humor36 %10 %33 %15 %
27.5 %≈ 34′Humor34 %9 %30 %14 %
32.5 %≈ 40′Humor44 %25 %24 %11 %
37.5 %≈ 47′Sadness56 %43 %21 %13 %
42.5 %≈ 53′Hope50 %32 %27 %21 %
47.5 %≈ 59′Joy43 %15 %34 %31 %
52.5 %≈ 65′Humor42 %9 %35 %32 %
57.5 %≈ 71′Humor39 %6 %28 %28 %
62.5 %≈ 78′Hope44 %14 %16 %20 %
67.5 %≈ 84′Tension56 %33 %14 %9 %
72.5 %≈ 90′Tension61 %34 %18 %11 %
77.5 %≈ 96′Hope60 %24 %19 %21 %
82.5 %≈ 102′Tension64 %32 %15 %19 %
87.5 %≈ 109′Tension69 %50 %11 %16 %
92.5 %≈ 115′Sadness66 %55 %11 %20 %
97.5 %≈ 121′Sadness60 %48 %15 %27 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

LM
Liza Minnelli

LM
Liza Minnelli

Sally Bowles

HG
Helmut Griem

FW
Fritz Wepper

EN
Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel

HV
Helen Vita

Sv
Sigrid von Richthofen

GV
Gerd Vespermann

RW
Ralf Wolter

Herr Ludwig

GH
Georg Hartmann

Willi

RR
Ricky Renée

Elke

EN
Estrongo Nachama

Cantor

KD
Kathryn Doby

Kit-Kat Dancer

IJ
Inge Jaeger

Kit-Kat Dancer

AK
Angelika Koch

Kit-Kat Dancer

HV
Helen Velkovorska

Kit-Kat Dancer

GS
Gitta Schmidt

Kit-Kat Dancer

LQ
Louise Quick

Kit-Kat Dancer

Details

Directed by
Bob Fosse
Written by
Jay Presson Allen, Fred Ebb, Christopher Isherwood, Joe Masteroff, John Van Druten
Type
Movies
Released
1972
Runtime
124 min
Country
Germany, United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.8 · 64,599 ratings
Feels mostly
Melancholy
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