Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid, and featuring Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre. Set during World War II, it focuses on a man torn between, in the words of one character, love and virtue. He must choose between his love for a woman and helping her and her Czech Resistance leader husband escape from the...
Ilsa's tears soften Rick. They embrace. They kiss. She tells him the full sto...
Rick turns to tell Ilsa to leave. She is pointing a gun at him.
Ilsa recants immediately and explains the reason for her outburst to Rick.
Concerned with Victors well being, her emotions over whelm her. Ilsa blasts R...
Ilsa appeals to their past relations in an attempt to acquire the papers.
Rick puts the full range of his disillusionment on display for Ilsa.
Rick questions the motive for Ilsa's visit. He assumes correctly.
Carl locks up. Rick retires to his quarters. Ilsa is waiting for him there.
Victor is about to depart to attend the meeting. He and Ilsa sit close.
Back in their hotel room, Victor lays a foundation of understanding, should I...
The Major pushes his offer to Laszlo by outlining what will happen if he refu...
The Major pushes his offer to Laszlo by outlining what will happen if he refu...
As the Captain says he is shocked by the gambling a croupier hands him his pr...
Laszlo inspires the Rick's patrons to overpower the Germans in song. The Majo...
Victor makes a gracious offer to Rick for the transport papers. Rick refuses ...
Laszlo appeals to Rick's record of championing the noble side of struggles.
In Rick's office Laszlo speaks to Rick about the importance of his work to th...
Carl shares Rick's generous deed with Sacha. Sacha kisses Rick and expresses ...
Carl has observed Rick's generosity toward Annina and Jan. He expresses his a...
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I’m usually not a fan of issue movies. These films take impossibly complex issues and try to condense them down into bite-size portions, usually abandoning the true horrors of these situations in favor of unrealistic heroism, resolution, and a laundry list of cinematic tropes that cheapen the overall project and push people away from [...]
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