Goodbye to Berlin
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Goodbye to Berlin is a 1939 novel by English-American writer Christopher Isherwood set during the waning days of the Weimar Republic. The novel recounts Isherwood's 1929–1932 sojourn in Berlin as a pl
The cover of the first edition
Isherwood in 1939
Jean Ross inspired the character of Sally Bowles.
Julie Harris as the insouciant Sally Bowles
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
Goodbye to Berlin
…of the 100 best English-language works of the 20th century. The work inspired the 1951 Broadway play I Am a Camera, the 1966 musical Cabaret, and the 1972 film of the same name. According to critics, the novel's character Sally Bowles inspired Truman Capote's character Holly Golightly in his 1958 novella Breakfast at Tiffany's…
Theatrical release poster
Bob Fosse was eager to direct the film after the box office failure of Sweet Charity (1969).
Newspaper ad for the film