Cabaret - Essay takes an in depth look into the movie/musical, Cabaret.

The Movie of "Cabaret" is classed as a Musical, set in Berlin, during the Nazi German times of the 1930's. However, although based around an extremely serious time, the director has managed to satirically portray the events and ways of Germany at the time. The Movie is primarily based around; the character's of Sally, Brian, Max, Frit and Miss Laundauer. The effect of satire has been achieved through the use of various techniques, including; Irony, …

…a whole group of Nazi's in the morrors, which satirises the whole nature of the club as it is constantly expressed as a paradise but here we see in the crowd, a dominance, of members of one of the, if not the most gruesome regime of all time. These techniques of Irony and Juxtaposition which are seen throughout the movie, all lead to the effect of the satirisation that we are given in the movie.