Casablanca (1942)

Tagline: They had a date with fate in Casablanca!

Casablanca movie storyline. During World War II, Europeans who were fleeing from the Germans, sought refuge in America. But to get there they would first have to go Casablanca and once they get there, they have to obtain exit visas which are not very easy to come by. Now the hottest spot in all of Casablanca is Rick’s Cafe which is operated by Rick Blaine, an American expatriate, who for some reason can’t return there, and he is also extremely cynical.

Now it seems that two German couriers were killed and the documents they were carrying were taken. Now one of Rick’s regulars, Ugarte entrusts to him some letters of transit, which he intends to sell but before he does he is arrested for killing the couriers. Captain Renault, the Chief of Police, who is neutral in his political views, informs Rick that Victor Laszlo, a resistance leader from Czechoslovakia, is in Casablanca and will do anything to get an exit visa but Renault has been “told” by Major Strasser of the Gestapo, to keep Laszlo in Casablanca.

Laszlo goes to Rick’s to meet Ugarte, because he was the one Ugarte was going to sell the letters to. But since Ugarte was arrested he has to find another way. Accompanying him is Ilsa Lund, who knew Rick when he was in Paris, and when they meet some of Rick’s old wounds reopen. It is obvious that Rick’s stone heart was because of her leaving him. And when they learn that Rick has the letters, he refuses to give them to him, because “he doesn’t stick his neck out for anyone”.

The classical and well-loved romantic melodrama Casablanca (1942), still on the top-ten lists of movies, is a masterful account of two men vying for the love of one woman in a love triangle. The story of political espionage and romantic backdrop of war conflict between democracy and totalitarianism. [The date given for the film is often given as 1942 and 1943. This is because its first was limited in 1942, but the movie does not play nationally, or in Los Angeles until 1943.]

With a rich atmosphere and smoke, propaganda anti-Nazi, Max Steiner score great music, suspense, characters unforgettable (supposedly 34 nationalities are included in its cast) and lines of memorable dialogue (eg, “Here’s lookin ‘at you, children, and misrepresentation of the city “Play It Again, Sam”), it is one of the most popular, magical (and flawless) films of all time – focused on themes of love lost, honor and duty, self-sacrifice and romance within a chaotic world.

Play It Again Woody Allen, Sam (1972) reverential tribute to the film, like the movies less Cabo Blanco (1981) and Barb Wire (1996), and Bugs Bunny animated short Carrotblanca (1995). The line “Play it again, Sam” appeared in the Marx Brothers’ A Night in Casablanca (1946). References to films or videos have been used in Play It Again, Sam (1972), Brazil (1985), My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988) and When Harry Met Sally (1989).

Directed by the talented Michael Curtiz Hungarian accents and shot almost entirely on studio sets, the film moves quickly through surprisingly well-constructed plot, even if the script was written day by day as the filming progressed and we No one knows how the film would end – who would use the two exit visas? [Would Ilsa, Rick’s lover from a past romance in Paris, go with him or with the permission of her husband, Victor, head of the underground resistance movement?] And three weeks after filming finished, the producer Hal Wallis contributed the film celebrates the final line – delivered on a fog shrouded the runway.

The sentimental story, originally structured as a set piece was based on an unproduced play called everybody comes to Rick’s by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison – original title of the film. His scenario of collaboration has been mainly the result of the efforts of Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. and Howard Koch. In all, six script writers of the piece, and with models of Algiers (1938) and Only Angels Have Wings (1939) followed, they have transformed this classic romantic tale in essence that almost all samples film genres.

Except for the sequence of the airport of departure, the entire movie studio directed was shot in a Warner Bros. Hollywood / Burbank studio. 40 Many other stars were considered for principal roles: Hedy Lamarr, Ann Sheridan, French actress Michele Morgan, and George Raft.

Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Madeleine Lebeau, Dooley Wilson, Joy Page, John Qualen, Leonid Kinskey
Screenplay by: Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein
Cinematography by: Arthur Edeson
Film Editing by: Owen Marks
Costume Design by: Orry-Kelly
Set Decoration by: George James Hopkins
Art Direction by: Carl Jules Weyl
Music by: Max Steiner
MPAA Rating: PG for mild violence.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: January 23, 1943