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I Am a Camera is a 1951 Broadway play by John Van Druten adapted from Christopher Isherwood's 1939 novel Goodbye to Berlin, which is part of The Berlin Stories. The title is a quotation taken from the novel's first page: "I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking."
The film is a fictionalized account of Isherwood's time living in Berlin between the World Wars. Directed by Henry Cornelius, from a script by John Collier, I Am a Camera stars Laurence Harvey as Isherwood and Julie Harris recreating her Tony Award-winning performance as Sally Bowles.
I Am a Camera: Directed by Henry Cornelius. With Julie Harris, Laurence Harvey, Shelley Winters, Ron Randell. In Weimar-era Berlin, an aspiring writer strikes up a friendship with a vivacious, penniless singer.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Henry Cornelius
- 1955-07-21
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Just before the Nazis ascend to power in Berlin, Chris (Laurence Harvey), an aspiring novelist from England, meets flamboyant cabaret entertainer Sally Bowles (Julie Harris) and an unusual...
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- Henry Cornelius
- Comedy, Drama
- Julie Harris
Duration. 1h 39m. Sound. Mono. Color. Black and White. In the early thirties, aspiring writer Christopher Isherwood, living in Berlin, meets the vivacious, penniless singer Sally Bowles. They develop a platonic relationship while Sally has a wild time spending other peoples money.
- Henry Cornelius
- Julie Harris
Isherwood’s tales about Sally Bowles and her acquaintances became the basis for John Van Druten’s play I Am a Camera (1951; film, 1955). Fred Ebb and John Kander turned this material into the much-acclaimed stage musical Cabaret (1966; film, 1972). This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.
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