A crippled puppeteer rescues an abused young boy and turns the boy into a great ballet dancer. Complications ensue when, as a young man, the dancer falls in love with a young woman the puppeteer is also in love with.
John Hustons film om den franske illustrator og maler Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec opnåede 7 Oscar-nomineringer, herunder for bedste film og for bedste mandlige hovedrolle. Jose Ferrer spiller kunstneren, som blev berømt for sine plakater fra natklubben Moulin Rouge. Filmen fremhæver den lille, næsten dværgagtige mands omgang med de mange kvinder i hans liv og giver iøvrigt et levende tidsbillede af pariserkvarteret Montmartre i det 19. århundrede.
Brian Roberts (Michael York) er engelsk sprogstudent. Han ankommer i begyndelsen af 30'erne til Berlin og indlogerer sig på et pensionat, hvor han får Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) som nabo. Sally er sangerinde i "The Kit Kat Klub" – et springbræt til den filmkarriere, hun drømmer om. Stemningen er på én gang hektisk og uvirkelig. I Kit Kat Klub er der fuld tryk på det ubekymrede natteliv. Udenfor kaster det dystre hagekors sine truende skygger ud over hele byen. Sortklædte bøller drager hærgende gennem Berlin. Alle, der ikke bøjer sig for nazisternes magt, er i fare.Men Brian har alt for travlt med at nyde livet sammen med Sally til at bemærke faresignalerne. Og i kabaréten er der ingen problemer, dem lægger man fra sig i garderoben!
Renato og Albin er et middel-aldrende bøssepar, som sammen driver en natklub i Saint Tropez, hvor Albin hver aften står på scenen som Zazu Napoli, hans drag-identitet. Renato har også en søn, fra et tidligere forhold, som han og Albin sammen har opdraget som kærlige forældre. Da sønnen kommer hjem og fortæller at han skal giftes bliver der problemer, for hans forlovedes forældre er ultra-konservative, og nu vil de gerne møde svigerfamilien.
Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, central England, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Charles has a chance encounter with the flamboyant drag queen cabaret singer Lola and everything changes.
A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.
A bored young man meets with his former girlfriend, now a cabaret dancer and single mother, and soon finds himself falling back in love with her.
Barcelona. Året er 1921. Uro mellem anarkister og politiet. En betjent infiltrerer begge sider for at opklare, hvem der har stjålet våben, der kan starte en borgerkrig.
”Party Girl” handler om Angélique, der på trods af at være fyldt 60, arbejder på en natklub ved den fransk-tyske grænse.
Paris, France, December 1946. Jenny Lamour, an ambitious cabaret singer, and Maurice, her extremely jealous pianist husband, become involved in the thorough investigation of the murder of a shady businessman, led by Antoine, a peculiar and methodical police inspector.
Follows Diogenes as he goes about his day as a police officer. He's prone to do things the right way, surrounded by a pretty much corrupt & citizen distant police department, & always resolves his duties with a personal method.
The disaffected wife of a failed civil servant, is thrilled to re-encounter Octavio, a former lover who is now a union activist on the run from a corrupt politician. Hoping to help him, she descends into the Mexican underworld, where she finds a purpose-and a thrill-missing from her married life.
Parisian nightclub owner Simone Pistache is known for her performances of the can-can, which attracts the ire of the self-righteous Judge Philipe Forrestier. He hatches a plot to photograph her in the act but ends up falling for her — much to the chagrin of her boyfriend, lawyer François Durnais.
A comedy show.
A poor man becomes a modern Robin Hood, robbing the rich to give to the poor.
After a tumultuous first marriage, Millie Blake learns to love her newfound independence and drags her feet on the possibility of remarriage. The years pass, and now Millie's daughter garners the attentions of men - men who once devoted their time to her mother.
Live stage recording of the stand-up comedy show, with sketches and videos of old skits from 'Mai dire Gol'.
Charlie is a clumsy waiter in a cheap cabaret, suffering the strict orders from his boss. He meets a pretty girl in the park and tries to impress her by pretending to be an ambassador. Unfortunately she has a jealous fiancé.
Félix rebolledo is a pimp who owns a cabaret, two bingo halls and three dating houses. He now intends to open a party hall, and for this he has - as he always has - the support of the Bishop, whom he has bribed with frequent donations. Counting on the support of the Church, it will be much easier for him to have the approval of the City Council, although, on the other hand, he also has bribed, among others, the mayor and the president of the Council of the Deputation.
Mercedes works as a cabaret performer to pay for her sister's studies. Problems begin when Mercedes and Paco, her exploiter, win a dance contest, but he refuses to share the prize with her.