Casablanca

original title:
Casablanca
other titles:
Everybody comes to Rick's (1943)
country / year of production:
USA / 1942
original length:
102 min. , black/white
premiere:
USA: 26 November 1942
genre:
melodrama
based on:
Murray Burnett, Joan Alison. Everybody comes to Rick's.
director:
Michael Curtiz
film script:
Philip G. Epstein , Julius J. Epstein , Howard Koch
producer:
Jack L. Warner , Hal B. Wallis
cinematographer:
Arthur Edeson
editor:
Owen Marks
composer:
Jack Scholl
cast (role):
Humphrey Bogart (Cafe-Besitzer Richard) , Ingrid Bergman (Ilsa Lund Laszlo) , Paul Henreid (Victor Laszlo) , Claude Rains (Captain Louis Renault) , Conrad Veidt (Major Heinrich Strasser) , Humphrey Bogart , Ingrid Bergman , Paul Henreid , Claude Rains , Conrad Veidt
more:
plot synopsis:
In World War II Casablanca, Rick Blaine, exiled American and former freedom fighter, runs the most popular nightspot in town. The cynical lone wolf Blaine comes into the possession of two valuable letters of transit. When Nazi Major Strasser arrives in Casablanca, the sycophantic police Captain Renault does what he can to please him, including detaining Czech underground leader Victor Laszlo. Much to Rick's surprise, Laszlo arrives with Ilsa, Rick's one time love. Rick is very bitter towards Ilsa, who left him in Paris, but as he learns she had good reason, they plan to run off together again using the letters of transit. Well, that was their original plan....
keywords:
exile , escape
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Richard E. Osborne. The Casablanca Companion: The Movie Classic and Its Place in History. Riebel-Roque Publishing Company. 1997.

Andreas Missler-Morell Heyne. Casablanca. Ich seh' dir in die Augen, Kleines. Der Kultfilm. München. 1998.

Howard Koch Overlook. Casablanca: Script and Legend/the 50th Anniversary Edition. 1992.

Aljean Harmetz. Verhaften Sie die üblichen Verdächtigen - Wie "Casablanca" gemacht wurde. Berlin Verlag. 2001.
remarks:
The film won three Oscars in 1944 for best Director, best Picture and best Writing and Screenplay.
availability:
DVD, Video VHS