Cabaret was released in 1972 and is directed by Bob Fosse, the guy whose Broadway choreographies were the inspiration for Beyonce’s “Single Lady” video. The movie is set in Berlin in the early thirties, a time that on the one hand was a pretty liberal, while on the other the nazis slowly started to take over the social life in Germany. It is partly based on the “Berlin Stories” by gay writer Christopher Isherwood and so became one if the first Hollywood movies that (after the so-called “Hays Code” had lost its impact) very openly adressed issues of love, sexuality and coming out. It is especially worth watching because of the brilliant acting of Liza Minelli who got an oscar for her role as an American singer  called Sally Bowles (I think the film may be the reason for this  demonstration banner by the way.) Click here for the first part of the movie – compared to other clips of this movie on YouTube the quality of these ones is surprisingly good.