The 26th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 28 February 1973 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1972. Prese
Bob Fosse, Best Film and Best Direction winner
Gene Hackman, Best Actor winner
Liza Minnelli, Best Actress winner
Ben Johnson, Best Supporting Actor winner
Cabaret (1972 film)
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Cabaret is a 1972 American musical drama film directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse from a screenplay by Jay Presson Allen. It is based on the 1966 stage musical by Joe Masteroff and the duo Kander
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The character of Sally Bowles was based on Jean Ross, a British cabaret singer with whom Isherwood lived as a roommate in Weimar-era Berlin.
Bob Fosse was eager to direct the film after the box office failure of Sweet Charity (1969).
Newspaper ad for the film