The cast of the 1972 film ` ` Cabaret '' reunited for ` ` 40th anniversary '' concert . Actress Marisa Berenson was still new to show business at the time she was cast as Natalia Landauer . `` Cabaret '' was her second film , and she remembered Fosse as a great director who brought out the best in her and found unique ways to challenge her . ` Joel Grey as emcee : ` ` I somehow felt empowered to make him even darker ( than onstage ) '' Favoring gritty realism , director Bob Hope did n't like actors to break spontaneously into song . ` ` Cabaret '' won eight Oscars the year ` ` The Musical '' was released .
The cast of the 1972 film ` ` Cabaret '' reunited for ` ` 40th anniversary '' concert . Joel Grey as emcee : ` ` I somehow felt empowered to make him even darker ( than onstage ) '' Favoring gritty realism , director Bob Hope did n't like actors to break spontaneously into song . ` ` Cabaret '' won eight Oscars the year ` ` The Musical '' was released .