Bob Fosse’s musical launched Liza Minnelli to icon status and won 8 Oscars.
would draw audiences to come hear the music play, the film’s success was hardly assured at the time.
The big-screen version of the Kander & Ebb musical, set during the rise of Nazism, tackled relevant topics like anti-Semitism, abortion and sexual identity en route to eight Oscars — including one for best actress for as Berlin nightclub performer Sally Bowles. But it was only director Bob Fosse’s second feature following 1969’s underperforming’s agent warned him against playing the initially uptight writer Brian Roberts because the role seemed underdeveloped. “She said, ‘It’s a leading role for Liza, and the other roles are not very well-defined,'” York tells.
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