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Casablanca

  • 19421942
  • PGPG
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
8.5/10
576K
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Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Paul Henreid, and Conrad Veidt in Casablanca (1942)
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A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
IMDb RATING
8.5/10
576K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
643
115
    • Michael Curtiz
  • Writers
    • Julius J. Epstein(screenplay)
    • Philip G. Epstein(screenplay)
    • Howard Koch(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Humphrey Bogart
    • Ingrid Bergman
    • Paul Henreid
    • Michael Curtiz
  • Writers
    • Julius J. Epstein(screenplay)
    • Philip G. Epstein(screenplay)
    • Howard Koch(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Humphrey Bogart
    • Ingrid Bergman
    • Paul Henreid
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 1.5KUser reviews
    • 232Critic reviews
    • 100Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
  • Top rated movie #43
    • Won 3 Oscars

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    Humphrey Bogart
    Humphrey Bogart
    • Rick Blaine
    Ingrid Bergman
    Ingrid Bergman
    • Ilsa Lund
    Paul Henreid
    Paul Henreid
    • Victor Laszlo
    Claude Rains
    Claude Rains
    • Captain Louis Renault
    Conrad Veidt
    Conrad Veidt
    • Major Heinrich Strasser
    Sydney Greenstreet
    Sydney Greenstreet
    • Signor Ferrari
    Peter Lorre
    Peter Lorre
    • Ugarte
    S.Z. Sakall
    S.Z. Sakall
    • Carl
    • (as S.K. Sakall)
    Madeleine Lebeau
    Madeleine Lebeau
    • Yvonne
    • (as Madeleine LeBeau)
    Dooley Wilson
    Dooley Wilson
    • Sam
    Joy Page
    Joy Page
    • Annina Brandel
    John Qualen
    John Qualen
    • Berger
    Leonid Kinskey
    Leonid Kinskey
    • Sascha
    Curt Bois
    Curt Bois
    • Pickpocket
    Abdullah Abbas
    • Arab
    • (uncredited)
    Enrique Acosta
    • Guest at Rick's
    • (uncredited)
    Ed Agresti
    • Bar Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Arnet Amos
    • French Soldier
    • (uncredited)
    • …
      • Michael Curtiz
    • Writers
      • Julius J. Epstein(screenplay)
      • Philip G. Epstein(screenplay)
      • Howard Koch(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Many of the actors who played the Nazis were in fact German Jews who had escaped from Nazi Germany.
    • Goofs
      When Rick is getting drunk he ask Sam, "It's December 1941 in Casablanca, what time is it in America?" He then goes on to say that they're probably all asleep, all across America. However, Rick is not referring to the actual time (noted by giving a month and year rather than a time) and is actually making reference to, in pre-Pearl Harbor America, most Americans are "asleep" when it comes to the war and fighting the Axis powers. This is an intentional attempt at a poetic reference, not a statement of fact.
    • Quotes

      Rick: Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.

    • Alternate versions
      As late as 1974, the references to an extra-marital affair were banned in Ireland. The Irish cut got rid of two important sequences. First, after Ilsa tells Rick that she had left him after finding out that Viktor was still alive, the embraces and dialogue that followed were cut. Second, the emotional dialogue at the end of the film from Ilsa's line "You're saying that only to make me go" to Rick's line "What I've got to do, you haven't any part of". This led to Irish audiences' being bemused by the relationship between Rick and Ilsa, and often interpreting Rick's final speech beginning "I'm no good at being noble" as a reflection on the debilitating effects of war.
    • Connections
      Edited into 77 Sunset Strip: The Secret of Adam Cain (1959)
    • Soundtracks
      La Marseillaise
      (1792) (uncredited)

      Written by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

      Arranged by Max Steiner

      Played during the opening credits

      Sung by Madeleine Lebeau and others at Rick's

      Variations played often in the score

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    10/10
    HOW TO WATCH THIS MOVIE
    There are literally hundreds of comments about this movie on IMDB. Many of them exhort its greatness. I don't disagree with them.

    But I'd like to add a suggestion to those of you out there who haven't seen this film. I'd like to tell you HOW to watch it.

    The people who made this movie didn't think they were producing a masterpiece. Bergman left the shoot disgusted. The screenwriters were on salary for Warners, writing half a dozen movies a year, and this was just one more. Bogie was punching the clock in the middle of a workhorse career.

    So as an audience member, you can't sit down expecting gilded greatness.

    Don't have a Casablaca party. Don't watch it on your first date, hoping it will lend that "Romantic Touch." Don't watch it as part of your "I need to watch the Best 10 movies of all time" Film School project.

    Buy this movie on DVD. Have it at the ready. And then, one Friday night, when your plans fall through and you find it's 10:30pm and there's nothing on TV that's any good, open a six pack of beer, or pour yourself some wine, and watch this movie in a darkened room.

    The characters in Casablanca are absolutely devoid of sentimentalism. Every one of them sees the world without a hint of rose color in their lenses. As Rick says, "Three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this big old world." If you're in a mood where you understand what he's saying, watch this movie and it will transport you.

    There is no single movie that deserves to be called the best movie of all time. Because movies, when all is said and done, don't amount to a hill of beans. They are meant to entertain us, not for us to worship THEM.

    But no movie has ever known this fact like Casablanca.

    If you watch Casablance this way, with no expectations, with no "hype," you might catch 10 percent of its greatness on one viewing. And that will be enough to start you on your way.

    Happy viewing, kid.
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    FAQ4

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    • Release date
      • January 23, 1943 (United States)
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    • Filming locations
      • Metropolitan Airport - 6590 Hayvenhurst Avenue, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    • 1 hour 42 minutes
      • Black and White

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