As America prepares to enter WW2, Hungarian film director Michael Curtiz grapples with political intervention and a dysfunctional relationship with his estranged daughter amid the troubled production of Casablanca in 1942.
Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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Ferenc Lengyel | ... | Michael Curtiz |
Evelin Dobos | ... | Kitty | |
Declan Hannigan | ... | Mr. Johnson | |
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Scott Alexander Young | ... | Hal B. Wallis |
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József Gyabronka | ... | S.Z. Sakall |
Nikolett Barabas | ... | Bess | |
Yan Feldman | ... | Julius Epstein | |
Rafael Feldman | ... | Philip Epstein | |
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Christopher Krieg | ... | Conrad Veidt |
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Andrew Hefler | ... | Jack L. Warner |
Lili Bordán | ... | Irene Lee | |
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Daniel Gabori | ... | Lucas (as Dániel Gábori) |
Caroline Boulton | ... | Louise Fazenda | |
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Eszter Nagy-Kálózy | ... | Margit (voice) |
Jeremy Wheeler | ... | Government Official #1 |
As America prepares to enter WW2, Hungarian film director Michael Curtiz grapples with political intervention and a dysfunctional relationship with his estranged daughter amid the troubled production of Casablanca in 1942.
I actually watched this film twice on Netflix. The second time I had a friend with me who loves Casablanca and claims to have seen it at least 50 times. He really liked this film and found the parts about the filming of Casablanca rewarding. We do wonder how much of the personal story is true, i.e. was Curtiz's daughter really on the set of Casablanca. For those who complained there were no subtitles for the Hungarian language scenes, in Netflix you must turn on subtitles. I have them on all the time as I am hard of hearing. It would be to your benefit to re-watch the film with the subtitles on.