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Ian Kilcoyne
What is a cabaret?
A cabaret is a floorshow that is designed to entertain customers within a nightclub, or restaurant. These were particularly popular within France and Germany during the 1920s.
1) Watch the film clip all the way through first. 2) Watch the clip again carefully. Your teacher will pause the DVD, or video, to allow you to discuss what you have seen.
You may like to use your own knowledge of Weimar and Nazi Germany when answering the questions.
1. Why do you think the Nazis would chose that particular boy to sing the song?
The sun on the meadow is summery warm. The stag in the forest runs free. But gather together to greet the storm. Tomorrow belongs to me. The branch of the linden is leafy and green, The Rhine gives its gold to the sea. But somewhere a glory awaits unseen. Tomorrow belongs to me. The babe in his cradle is closing his eyes Click The blossom embraces the bee. your left hand mouse But soon, says a whisper; button to reveal each verse. Arise, arise, Tomorrow belongs to me.
Oh Fatherland, Fatherland, Show us the sign Your children have waited to see. The morning will come When the world is mine. Tomorrow belongs to me! Oh Fatherland, Fatherland, Show us the sign Your children have waited to see. The morning will come When the world is mine. Tomorrow belongs to me!
4. Why do you think the old man stays seated? Why does he appear to get unhappier the longer the song goes on?
The Evidence The clip that you have seen comes from a Hollywood film. The film is very loosely based upon the true story of a young Englishman called Christopher Isherwood who lived in Germany in the
1930s.
Christopher Isherwood wrote a book about his experience called Goodbye to Berlin
5. The film clip shows an incident that never actually happened. Therefore it is of no use as evidence about the rise of the Nazi Party. Explain carefully whether you agree or disagree with this statement.
6. The full name of the Nazi Party was the National Socialist German Workers Party. How does this film clip show and help to explain why so many different Germans supported the Nazi Party in the 1930s?
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