Cabaret-Berlin, the Wild Scene
An archival cabaret performance becomes a vivid, politically alert portrait of Berlin's artistic conscience during the Weimar Republic.
Overview
Experience the vibrant chaos of Berlin's artistic scene during a tumultuous era.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- witty
- irreverent
- energetic
- history film night
- museum cinema viewing
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film treats fiction scenes, songs, news clippings, home movies, photographs, paintings, and drawings as a woven dramatic performance.
Berlin cabarets are presented as critical mirrors of inflation, prosperity, depression, politics, and the rise of Nazism.
Restored footage, musical shorts, photographs, drawings, and montage recreate the period's accelerated artistic energy.
Ulrich Tukur's master-of-ceremonies narration connects songs and sketches to their social and political context.
Films like Cabaret-Berlin, the Wild Scene, and why
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
shares archival reconstruction, urban modernity, and a portrait of Berlin as a rapidly changing cultural organism
Cabaret
shares Weimar-era cabaret, political satire, decadent nightlife, and artistic resistance to authoritarianism
Hitler's Hollywood
shares archival German cultural history, period media fragments, and the shadow of Nazism over artistic life
The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
shares documentary montage, historical memory, and the use of archival images to examine German modernity
Movie Details
- Director
- Fabienne Rousso-Lenoir
- Release Date
- 2025-12-02
- Runtime
- 71 min
- Rating
- 0.0 / 10
Cast
- Ulrich Tukur
- Friedrich Ebert
- Valeska Gert
Common questions
- What is Cabaret-Berlin, the Wild Scene about?
- An archival cabaret performance becomes a vivid, politically alert portrait of Berlin's artistic conscience during the Weimar Republic.
- What is Cabaret-Berlin, the Wild Scene like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Cabaret-Berlin, the Wild Scene as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Cabaret-Berlin, the Wild Scene violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Cabaret-Berlin, the Wild Scene.
- Which films are like Cabaret-Berlin, the Wild Scene?
- Films with a similar feel include Berlin: Symphony of a Great City, Cabaret, Hitler's Hollywood, and The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl.
- How long is Cabaret-Berlin, the Wild Scene?
- Cabaret-Berlin, the Wild Scene runs 71 minutes.
