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| Year: | 1942 |
| Rating: | 8.8(167459) |
| Listed in: | Drama, Romance, War |
| Directed by: | Michael Curtiz |
| Actors: | Humphrey Bogart Paul Henreid Claude Rains Conrad Veidt Sydney Greenstreet Ingrid Bergman |
| "They had a date with fate in Casablanca!" | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Michael Curtiz | |
| Actors | |
| Humphrey Bogart | as Richard 'Rick' Blaine |
| Paul Henreid | as Victor Laszlo |
| Claude Rains | as Captain Renault |
| Conrad Veidt | as Major Strasser |
| Sydney Greenstreet | as Signor Ferrari |
| Peter Lorre | as Ugarte |
| S.Z. Sakall | as Carl |
| Dooley Wilson | as Sam |
| John Qualen | as Berger |
| Leonid Kinskey | as Sascha |
| Curt Bois | as Pickpocket |
| Enrique Acosta | as Guest at Rick's |
| Ed Agresti | as Bar Patron |
| Louis V. Arco | as Refugee at Rick's |
| Frank Arnold | as Overseer |
| Leon Belasco | as Dealer at Rick's |
| Nino Bellini | as Gendarme |
| Oliver Blake | as Waiter at the Blue Parrot |
| Monte Blue | as American |
| Dick Botiller | as Native Officer |
| Maurice Brierre | as Baccarat Dealer at Rick's |
| George M. Carleton | as American |
| Spencer Chan | as Guest at Rick's |
| Gino Corrado | as Waiter at Rick's |
| Franco Corsaro | as French Police Officer |
| Marcel Dalio | as Emil - Croupier at Rick's |
| Helmut Dantine | as Jan Brandel |
| Jean De Briac | as Orderly |
| George Dee | as Lieutenant Casselle |
| Jean Del Val | as Police Officer |
| Joseph DeVillard | as Moroccan |
| Arthur Dulac | as News Vendor |
| William Edmunds | as Second Contact Man at Rick's |
| Herbert Evans | as Englishman Questioning Casino's Honesty |
| Fred Farrell | as Singing Frenchman |
| Adolph Faylauer | as Gambler at Rick's |
| O.K. Ford | as Conspirator |
| Martin Garralaga | as Headwaiter at Rick's |
| Gregory Gaye | as German Banker Refused by Rick |
| Gregory Golubeff | as Cashier at Rick's |
| Creighton Hale | as Customer |
| Jamiel Hasson | as Muezzini |
| Arthur Stuart Hull | as Elderly Admirer |
| Olaf Hytten | as Pickpocketed Prosperous Man |
| Paul Irving | as Prosperous Tourist |
| Charles La Torre | as Italian Officer Tonnelli |
| George J. Lewis | as Haggling Arab Monkey Seller |
| Max Linder | as Elegant Gambler |
| Manuel Lopez | as Policeman |
| Jacques Lory | as Moor Buying Diamonds |
| Lou Marcelle | as Narrator |
| Michael Mark | as Vendor |
| Tony Martelli | as Bartender |
| George Meeker | as Rick's Friend |
| Lal Chand Mehra | as Policeman |
| Louis Mercier | as Conspirator |
| Torben Meyer | as Dutch Banker at Cafe Table |
| Alberto Morin | as French Officer Insulting Yvonne |
| Leo Mostovoy | as Fydor |
| Barry Norton | as Gambler at Rick's |
| Paul Panzer | as Paul - Waiter at Rick's |
| Manuel París | as Guest at Rick's |
| Alexander Pollard | as Croupier |
| Paul Porcasi | as Native Introducing Ferrari |
| Frank Puglia | as Arab Vendor |
| Georges Renavent | as Conspirator |
| Dewey Robinson | as Bouncer at Rick's |
| Henry Rowland | as German Officer |
| Richard Ryen | as Colonel Heinz - Strasser's Aide |
| Dan Seymour | as Abdul |
| Lester Sharpe | as Refugee |
| Gerald Oliver Smith | as Pickpocketed Englishman |
| George Sorel | as Native Officer |
| Geoffrey Steele | as Customer |
| Ludwig Stössel | as Mr. Leuchtag |
| Mike Tellegen | as Gambler |
| Jacques Vanaire | as Frenchman |
| Hans Heinrich von Twardowski | as German Officer with Yvonne |
| Leo White | as Emile - Waiter |
| Jack Wise | as Waiter |
| Wolfgang Zilzer | as Man with Expired Papers |
| Actresses | |
| Ingrid Bergman | as Ilsa Lund |
| Madeleine Lebeau | as Yvonne |
| Joy Page | as Annina Brandel |
| Trude Berliner | as Baccarat Player at Rick's |
| Anita Camargo | as Woman Companion |
| Melie Chang | as Oriental at Rick's |
| Adrienne D'Ambricourt | as Concierge |
| Ilka Grüning | as Mrs. Leuchtag - Carl's Immigrating Friend |
| Winifred Harris | as Englishwoman |
| Corinna Mura | as Singer with Guitar |
| Lotte Palfi Andor | as Woman Selling Her Diamonds |
| Dina Smirnova | as Woman Customer |
| Ellinor Vanderveer | as Woman Gambler at Rick's Next to Croupier |
| Norma Varden | as Wife of Pickpocketed Englishman |
Movie info
| Languages: | English, French, German |
| Filming dates: | 25 May 1942 - 3 August 1942 |
| Budget: | USD 950,000 |
| Gross: |
USA - 909,255 USD (10 May 1992) UK - 78,820 GBP (23 July 1992) Australia - 101,625 USD (2000) |
| Plot: | Rick Blaine, who owns a nightclub in Casablanca, discovers his old flame Ilsa is in town with her husband, Victor Laszlo. Laszlo is a Resistance leader, and with Germans on his tail, Ilsa knows Rick can help them get out of the country - but will he? |
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"As Time Goes By" (1931) (uncredited) (From the 1932 Broadway show "Everybody's Welcome") Written by Herman Hupfeld Performed by Dooley Wilson (piano and vocal) (Piano dubbed by Elliot Carpenter) Hummed by Ingrid Bergman Variations often in the score "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 other Frenchmen at Rick's Variations often in the score "It Had to Be You" (1924) (uncredited) Music by Isham Jones Lyrics by Gus Kahn Performed by Dooley Wilson (piano and vocal) (Piano dubbed by Elliot Carpenter) Reprised on piano later "Crazy Rhythm" (1928) (uncredited) (From the 1928 Broadway musical "Here's Howe!") Music by Joseph Meyer and Roger Wolfe Kahn Lyrics by Irving Caesar Performed offscreen while Rick is talking to Ugarte "Shine" (1910) (uncredited) Music by Ford Dabney Lyrics by Lew Brown and Cecil Mack Performed by Dooley Wilson (piano and vocal) (Piano dubbed by Elliot Carpenter) "Knock on Wood" (1942) (uncredited) Music by M.K. Jerome Lyrics by Jack Scholl Played and sung by Dooley Wilson and band (Piano dubbed by Elliot Carpenter) "The Very Thought of You" (1934) (uncredited) Written by Ray Noble Played offscreen on piano twice "Baby Face" (1926) (uncredited) Music by Harry Akst Lyrics by Benny Davis Performed by Dooley Wilson and offscreen orchestra (Piano dubbed by Elliot Carpenter) "Piano Improvisation" (uncredited) Music by Frank Perkins Performer unknown "Tango Delle Rose" (1928) (uncredited) (Also called "The Song of the Rose") Written by Filippo Schreier and Aldo Bottero Performed by Corinna Mura (vocal and guitar) "Avalon" (1920) (uncredited) Music by Vincent Rose (based on "E lucevan le stelle" from the opera "Tosca" by Giacomo Puccini) Played on piano by Dooley Wilson (dubbed by Elliot Carpenter) "Perfidia" (1939) (uncredited) Music by Alberto Domínguez Played as dance music in the Paris flashback sequence Danced by Humphrey Bogart with Ingrid Bergman and other couples "If I Could Be with You" (1926) (uncredited) Music by James P. Johnson Performed by an offscreen piano at Rick's "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" (1938) (uncredited) Music by Harry Warren Performed by an offscreen piano at Rick's "Die Wacht Am Rhein" (1854) (uncredited) Music by Karl Wilhelm (1854) Lyrics by Max Schneckenburger (1840 poem) Arranged by Max Steiner Sung a cappella by Germans at Rick's "German National Anthem (Das Lied der Deutschen)" (1841) (uncredited) (Also called Deutschland Über Alles") Music by 'Joseph Haydn (1797) Lyrics by August Heinrich Hoffman von Fallersleben (1841) Arranged by Max Steiner Sung a cappella by Germans at Rick's "Heaven Can Wait" (uncredited) Music by Jimmy Van Heusen Played when Rick is introduced to Major Strasser "Dat's What Noah Done" (1942) (uncredited) Music by M.K. Jerome Lyrics by Jack Scholl Performed by Dooley Wilson with piano accompaniment (cut from the released print) |
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Continuity: A knight on the chessboard disappears momentarily in the opening chess game. Continuity: The man who is shot escaping from police dies next to an arch where a soldier, a young woman, a stool, and an amphora suddenly have shifted positions. Continuity: Rick's tie is suddenly knotted differently when he sees Ilsa in the bazaar. Continuity: When Rick gets on the train after standing in the rain, his coat is completely dry. Continuity: The Venetian blinds in Victor's and Ilsa's hotel room. Continuity: While chatting to Captain Renault outside the Café Américain, Rick lights a cigarette, then in the next shot, lights another. Continuity: While Captain Renault is chatting with Rick outside the Cafe Americaine, the medal to the left on Relault's tunic clearly extends below the pocket flap. In the next scene the medal is significantly smaller and does not extend below the pocket flap. FAIR: The fact that Louis' fake phone call to the airport fools Rick shows that the letters of transit are meant to be used as exit documents. Yet in the end, the Laszlos board without anybody ever checking the documents. If once Louis was a hostage he could get the Laszlos around any exit check, why did Rick insist on the letters of transit being filled out? He did it to make it "even more official"; the Laszlos would be protected in case there was an unexpected document check later, either on arrival at Lisbon, or at Casablanca if someone else arrived on scene and events did not continue as planned. Continuity: At the airport, the epaulets on Major Strasser's coat disappear and reappear between shots. SYNC: When the trumpet and trombone players raise their instruments to play "La Marseillaise", the music begins a split second before they start playing. SYNC: When Yvonne is kicked out of Rick's in the first scene there, the comments she shouts as she walks outside don't match her lip movement at all. Continuity: An extra (elderly man with white goatee and hat) is shown being herded into the police station along with other "usual suspects" and shortly thereafter is seen along the street peering upward at the German plane coming in for landing. Continuity: In the hangar scene at the airport, the bottles of "Vichy water" on the shelf below the table change positions between shots. Continuity: When Rick receives the transit documents from Ugarte, he pockets them in his inside right pocket. When he gets them out and puts them on Sam's piano, he gets them out of his left inside pocket. Continuity: When Victor goes to get the papers from Rick, he takes off his hat and stands with his arm by his side. A second later he is suddenly holding his lapel, and subsequently lowers his arm again. SYNC: When the bartender spins Rick around on his chair and kisses him on both cheeks, saying, "Boss, you've done a beautiful thing," Rick smacks him on the back and replies, "Get away from me, you crazy Russian." We hear the sound of the smack quite a while after Rick hits the bartender. SYNC: When Rick tells Louis to make out the transit papers in the name "Mr. and Mrs. Victor Lazlo", Ilsa moves toward Rick with her mouth moving. She is obviously saying, "Why my name?" which is the line she delivers in the next shot. FAIR: Renault says, "We mustn't underestimate American blundering. I was with them when they blundered into Berlin in 1918." The Allies had only occupied small sections of German territory by the time of the Armistice and never approached Berlin. Some people think it strange that Berlin-born Conrad Veidt, who played Strasser, didn't point it out on the set. It is likely, however, that Renault was merely being sarcastic to Strasser and that it isn't a factual error at all. Fact errors: There is a French tricolor with crescent and star in the middle waving over the Police offices at the beginning of the film. Such flag was never used in Morocco. During the time of the French Protectorate the flag of Morocco was the same as today, red with a green pentagram in the middle. The civil ensign used between 1923 and 1956 added a small French tricolor in the canton but never a crescent and star. Continuity: Early on in the movie, from the perspective of the band, you see that Sam has his piano facing towards the band. When we see it again a few moments later, the piano is facing away from the band. GEOG: In the initial scene with a map of Africa, Rabat is incorrectly placed at the location of the town of Kinitra and thus is too far north. Rabat is actually about 20 miles further to the southwest at the place where the map indicates a river flowing into the Atlantic. Note that Rabat is correctly placed on the map on the wall in the Prefect's office. FAIR: Major Strasser is supposed to be a Gestapo officer, yet he wears the uniform of a Luftwaffe major. However, since the Gestapo is the German secret police it is entirely likely that Strasser would wear any uniform or none at all, as a deception. Continuity: When Rick is listening to Annina explain the situation in Bulgaria with his back to the camera, we see him take a drink of brandy. The shot switches before he put his glass down. But in the new shot with the camera facing him, Rick only has a cigarette in his hand and the brandy glass isn't visible. Continuity: When he enters in the Rick's, Ugarte passes through the people who are in the doorway and turns to his right. The subsequent shot shows him walking to the left, behind Rick. Continuity: When Major Strasser talks with Rick about Laszlo, he leans his elbows on the table and crosses his fingers. In the next shot he is raising his right hand to join his left. And after, between cuts, he appears with both arms leaning on the table. Continuity: Laszlo enters Rick's and sits down with Ilsa on his left-hand side. Soon after, when a woman begins to play guitar and to sing, Laszlo appears sitting with Ilsa on his right side. Continuity: Ilsa sends the waiter to call Sam. Sam pushes the piano to Ilsa's table. When Rick comes to reprimand Sam for singing "As Time Goes By," he is standing next the piano, which Sam has pushed away from the table. In the next long shot, Rick is a little ways from Ilsa's table, which has changed places. Continuity: When Laszlo enters Rick's for the first time, he puts his hat on a chair next to the one he sits in. Later, before Capt. Renault sits on the same chair, Laszlo picks up the hat and puts it on the floor. When Laszlo leaves, he does not pick up his hat. But when he leaves Rick's, he is holding his hat. Continuity: When Carl sits with a couple of friends, he finishes pouring the brandy and rubs his hands together. In the following shot, his right hand is resting on his left arm. Continuity: When Rick has a discussion outside and they are regularly bathed with the lighthouse light every few seconds the time for a full turn varies due to cuts in the scene. SYNC: While accompanying Sam on "If I Could Be With You", the guitarist pats her instrument in rhythm, yet the sound we hear can only be made when the guitar is actually strummed. Continuity: During the discussion between Rick and the police captain in the captain's office, the cigarettes keep changing - sometimes missing, burned at different lengths, etc. Continuity: When Rick places the letters of transit under Sam's pile of sheet music on the piano, the sheet music is on the right side (from the back) and Sam's ashtray and drink are on the left. Later the drink and ashtray are on the right and the sheet music is on the left. FAIR: At the very beginning we see a turning globe as a voice describes the plight of those fleeing the war. As the globe turns, we can see across the Soviet Union. The description, Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, is not wrong. Although it was not used as frequently as Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, it is an accepted translation of the Russian name. Revealing mistakes: There are multiple instances throughout the film where the action of Sam's hands on the piano bears no resemblance to the piano part heard. Especially notable is the first time Sam sings "As Time Goes By" for Ilsa; a rapid treble run is executed that would have necessitated the movement of his right forearm. None is seen. Continuity: When Rick has a drink of bourbon with Signor Ferrari in the Blue Parrot, Ferrari puts the cork back in the bottle. In the next shot the bottle is uncorked. Fact errors: During the flashback scene in Paris, loudspeaker trucks are shown with the Gestapo telling the Parisians not to act when the Germans arrive tomorrow. In fact, Paris issued no warnings about the German advance at all. The German blitzkrieg overwhelmed the French so completely that all communications were either stymied or went astray. Continuity: When Victor and Ilsa first go to the Blue Parrot in search of exit visas, the parrot sitting outside is clearly a different bird than the one sitting outside later in the film when Rick comes to see Ferrari. Revealing mistakes: After police break up underground group's meeting and Laszlo escapes to Rick's café, Laszlo is trying to bandage his arm with a dish towel. The towel falls off several times yet there is no blood on it. CHAR: When Rick and Ilsa are listening to the sound of German guns out the window in Paris, Rick comments that they are from the "New German 77s". Actually, the German Army used a 77 mm. field gun in World War I, not World War II. The script writers, (or perhaps Rick himself) may have been thinking of this older weapon. FAIR: It is widely believed that Ugarte clearly says that the Letters of Transit are "signed by General De Gaulle." This would have rendered them useless in Casablanca, as 'Charles De Gaulle' was the leader of the Free French Forces, which was actively fighting against the Nazi-controlled Vichy regime that controlled, among other territories, French Morocco (thus controlling Casablanca). De Gaulle's name is shown on both the English and Spanish subtitles of the DVD, including the Blu-ray version. However, if you listen carefully, Ugarte names General Weygand (who was then Vichy Minister of Defence, whatever that means in an occupied country). The French subtitles have it correct. Fact errors: Major Strasser is wearing the uniform of a Luftwaffe Major, however, he's also wearing stripes down both sides of his trousers. Only German Generals wore stripes on their trousers. CHAR: When making the bet about Laszlo getting away from Casablanca, Captain Renault states that he's seen the woman traveling with Laszlo; but when he greets her, he says he was told that she was beautiful. SYNC: Just after the scene where Ugarte gives Rick the "letters of transit", Sam is playing "Knock on Wood". The drummer isn't actually playing the drums. GEOG: Throughout the film, liquor bottles are seen with USA tax revenue stickers across the tops of the bottles. FAIR: 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. Continuity: An extra (elderly woman in a flowered dress and dark hat) is shown being herded into the police station along with other "usual suspects" but moments later is shown herded off a police van and in the next shot she is again herded into the police station. Furthermore, shortly thereafter she is seen along the street peering upward at the German plane coming in for landing. Continuity: When Major Strasser steps out of the airplane upon arrival in Casablanca, another officer is also stepping out behind him. In the next frame, the Major has shifted backwards and the other officer steps out of the plane once again - and 3 soldiers saluting with guns (and a cart) have suddenly appeared along the trailing edge of the plane's port wing. Continuity: When Major Strasser thanks Heinz for the welcome after stepping out of the airplane upon arrival in Casablanca, he and Heinz momentarily shift positions ninety degrees. Continuity: As Rick signs the note authorizing the payment of one thousand francs, a white bishop sudden appears on the table next to the black bishop beside the chessboard. Continuity: When the German banker attempts to enter the gambling room at Rick's Cafe, he has a flower with 2 leaves on his jacket. Moments later, the flower has only one leaf whose position has shifted. Continuity: Right before showing Rick the letters of transit, Ugarte begins lighting a new cigarette with his previous cigarette, but gives up doing so and puts the unlit cigarette on the ashtray in front of him, where it rests partially on the table. Moments later there are two cigarettes in the ashtray, none of which are resting on the table. Moments later, as Ugarte leaves the table, the cigarettes have disappeared from the ashtray. Continuity: When discussing with Renault outside the café, when Rick sits down there is a piece of paper on the table along with a white, square dish, and an ashtray. A little later, the paper and the white dish have disappeared. Instead, a bottle has appeared and the ashtray has shifted position. Moments later, the dish and the paper reappear only to disappear again. Continuity: During Renault's first visit to Rick's office, Renault sits in a sofa in Rick's office. To his left is a table. When he gets up from the sofa, a small figure of a woman has suddenly appeared clearly visible on the table. Continuity: Upon arrival at Major Strasser's table during Strasser's first visit to Rick's, Captain Renault puts his cap on the table next to a sign showing that the table is reserved. Shortly thereafter, during Ugarte's arrest, the cap has disappeared as has the sign. Continuity: While Ugarte is pleading with Rick for help, Ugarte holds a gun in his right hand. Moments later as Ugarte is being wrestled by French police, his right hand is suddenly empty. Continuity: When Major Strasser approaches Victor's table at Rick's, he is carrying a sword on his left side. The sword disappears during the conversation. Revealing mistakes: When Rick enters the café and starts scolding Sam for playing "As Time Goes By", he stops talking abruptly supposedly because he sees Ilsa, but in the shoot, he does not see Ilsa until about 2 seconds after he stops talking. Continuity: In the initial scene at Bella Aurore where Rick pours champagne, Rick puts down the bottle on Sam's piano so that the label faces the camera, but a few shots later the bottle has turned so it is now turned sideways as seen from the camera. Continuity: In the La Belle Aurore scene, when Rick and Ilsa hear the German loudspeaker outside, Rick picks up the champagne bottle and walks toward the window leaving his glass and the bottle of champagne on a table. As he puts the bottle on the table, it ends up with the label non-visible facing away from the camera. Upon returning to the table five shots later, the bottle has turned 180 degrees so that the label faces the camera - and a champagne cooler with another bottle has disappeared. Continuity: Before the beginning of the Paris flashback, Rick is sitting with his back to the door. After the flashback, he has shifted to the other chair, his original chair having been knocked over - and he is now using the other glass on the table. Continuity: When Rick is asked by Renault whether or not Rick has the letters of transit, Rick is drinking from an almost full bottle that Carl moments before has put on the table. A few moments later, when Rick pours Renault a drink, the bottle is less than half full. After Yvonne passes by the table, the bottle is suddenly more than half full. Continuity: The level in the Cognac bottle changes suddenly during the scene where Carl serves Cognac to the German couple, who are leaving for America. Continuity: As Rick steps out of his office to hear the Germans sing, Major Strasser is seen sitting at the end of the piano. Moments later, Strasser has shifted to the right, and the German officer, Heinz, and a large vase has appeared. A few moments later, as Yvonne appears in a shot, Heinz has disappeared again and Strasser shifted back. Also, the table that Yvonne is sitting at was occupied by another couple when Rick stepped out of his office. Later, as the La Marseille is being sung, Heinz reappears at the German table. Continuity: As we see the Germans start singing, the bar behind them is empty. Moments later as Rick steps out of his office, a French officer has appeared at the end of the bar. Moments later the camera pans from the singing Germans to the bar where two old men have suddenly appeared and the French officer has shifted further down the bar. Continuity: Right before Ilsa pulls a gun on Rick, he is seen lighting a cigarette. In the next few shots, smoke from the cigarette in his hand is visible, but shortly thereafter, when Rick puts his arms around Ilsa, the cigarette has disappeared. Continuity: After the breakup of the underground meeting, Lazlo is tending his cut on his arm while talking to Rick. Lazlo's shirt has blood on it. A little later, when Lazlo is arrested, there is no blood on the sleeve and the shirt is nicely cuffed. Continuity: While Lazlo is tending to his wounded wrist and talking to Rick, Lazlo's tie shifts position. Fact errors: At the start of the final airport scene, the weather report that is telephoned to the radio tower visibility is quoted as being one and one half mile, light fog, but if the visibility is 1½ miles then it is called haze rather than fog. And the weather report is missing some very important items such as wind direction, wind speed, and air pressure. Revealing mistakes: When Renault calls Strasser to tell of the upcoming events at the airport, Major Strasser is in the office of the "German Commission of Armistice" according to the sign on the door. The name should have been in German - or perhaps French, but not in English. Revealing mistakes: As Major Strasser gets shot, he falls down holding the telephone handset-the telephone cord between the phone and the handset is not connected. However, he actually got a hold of an operator and requested to speak to the radio tower. The phone was successfully operated earlier when the weather report was phoned to the radio tower, the cord is clearly connected-and the phone works. Fact errors: The payment slip Rick signs, which is written in French, incorrectly refers to the country as "France marocaine" (which translates as "Moroccan France"). The correct name was Maroc français (French Morocco). |
Quotes
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Mr. Leuchtag: Come sit down. Have a brandy with us. Mrs. Leuchtag: To celebrate our leaving for America tomorrow. Carl: Oh, thank you very much. I thought you would ask me, so I brought the good brandy. And - a third glass! Mrs. Leuchtag: At last the day is came! Mr. Leuchtag: Mareichtag and I are speaking nothing but English now. Mrs. Leuchtag: So we should feel at home when we get to America. Carl: Very nice idea, mm-hmm. Mr. Leuchtag: [toasting] To America! Mrs. Leuchtag: To America! Carl: To America! Mr. Leuchtag: Liebchen - sweetnessheart, what watch? Mrs. Leuchtag: Ten watch. Mr. Leuchtag: Such much? Carl: Hm. You will get along beautiful in America, mm-hmm. [denying an official of the German National Bank entrance to the casino] Rick: Your cash is good at the bar. Banker: What? Do you know who I am? Rick: I do. You're lucky the *bar's* open to you. Woman: What makes saloonkeepers so snobbish? Banker: Perhaps if you told him I ran the second largest banking house in Amsterdam. Carl: Second largest? That wouldn't impress Rick. The leading banker in Amsterdam is now the pastry chef in our kitchen. Banker: We have something to look forward to. Ugarte: Heh, you know, watching you just now with the Deutsche Bank, one would think you've been doing this all your life. Rick: Oh, what makes you think I haven't? Ugarte: Oh, n-n-n-nothing, but when you first came to Casablanca, I thought... Rick: You thought what? Ugarte: Hm, what right do I have to think, huh? Ugarte: You know, Rick, I have many a friend in Casablanca, but somehow, just because you despise me, you are the only one I trust. Berger: We read five times that you were killed, in five different places. Victor Laszlo: As you can see, it was true every single time. Captain Renault: Carl, see that Major Strasser gets a good table, one close to the ladies. Carl: I have already given him the best, knowing he is German and would take it anyway. Captain Renault: In 1935, you ran guns to Ethiopia. In 1936, you fought in Spain, on the Loyalist side. Rick: I got well paid for it on both occasions. Captain Renault: The *winning* side would have paid you *much better*. Captain Renault: Rick, there are many exit visas sold in this café, but we know that *you've* never sold one. That is the reason we permit you to remain open. Rick: Oh? I thought it was because I let you win at roulette. Captain Renault: That is *another* reason. Annina: Monsieur Rick, what kind of a man is Captain Renault? Rick: Oh, he's just like any other man, only more so. Ilsa: Play it once, Sam. For old times' sake. Sam: [lying] I don't know what you mean, Miss Ilsa. Ilsa: Play it, Sam. Play "As Time Goes By." Sam: [lying] Oh, I can't remember it, Miss Ilsa. I'm a little rusty on it. Ilsa: I'll hum it for you. Da-dy-da-dy-da-dum, da-dy-da-dee-da-dum... [Sam begins playing] Ilsa: Sing it, Sam. Sam: [singing] You must remember this / A kiss is still a kiss / A sigh is just a sigh / The fundamental things apply / As time goes by. / And when two lovers woo, / They still say, "I love you" / On that you can rely / No matter what the future brings-... Rick: [rushing up] Sam, I thought I told you never to play-... [Sees Ilsa. Sam closes the piano and rolls it away] Ilsa: I wasn't sure you were the same. Let's see, the last time we met... Rick: Was La Belle Aurore. Ilsa: How nice, you remembered. But of course, that was the day the Germans marched into Paris. Rick: Not an easy day to forget. Ilsa: No. Rick: I remember every detail. The Germans wore gray, you wore blue. Rick: Tell me, who was it you left me for? Was it Laszlo, or were there others in between? Or - aren't you the kind that tells? Ilsa: Rick, I have to talk to you. Rick: [Rick is drunk] Uh-huh. I saved my first drink to have with you. Here. [passes her a drink] Ilsa: No. No, Rick, not tonight. Rick: *Especially* tonight. Ilsa: Please... [he pours a drink] Rick: Why did you have to come to Casablanca? There are other places. Ilsa: I wouldn't have come if I'd known that you were here. Believe me Rick, it's true I didn't know... Rick: It's funny about your voice, how it hasn't changed. I can still hear it. "Richard, dear, I'll go with you anyplace. We'll get on a train together and never stop - " Ilsa: Don't, Rick! I can understand how you feel. Rick: [scoffs] You understand how I feel. How long was it we had, honey? Ilsa: [on the verge of tears] I didn't count the days. Rick: Well, I did. Every one of 'em. Mostly I remember the last one. The wild finish. A guy standing on a station platform in the rain with a comical look in his face because his insides have been kicked out. Ilsa: Can I tell you a story, Rick? Rick: Has it got a wild finish? Ilsa: I don't know the finish yet. Rick: Well, go on. Tell it - maybe one will come to you as you go along. Ilsa: It's about a girl who had just come to Paris from her home in Oslo. At the house of some friends, she met a man about whom she'd heard her whole life. A very great and courageous man. He opened up for her a whole beautiful world full of knowledge and thoughts and ideals. Everything she knew or ever became was because of him. And she looked up to him and worshiped him... with a feeling she supposed was love. Rick: [bitterly] Yes, it's very pretty. I heard a story once - as a matter of fact, I've heard a lot of stories in my time. They went along with the sound of a tinny piano playing in the parlor downstairs. "Mister, I met a man once when I was a kid," it always began. [laughs] Well, I guess neither one of our stories is very funny. Tell me, who was it you left me for? Was it Lazlo, or were there others in between or... aren't you the kind that tells? [Ilsa tearfully and silently leaves. Rick's face falls in his hands sadly, knowing that he's said all the wrong things] Captain Renault: [to Ilsa] I was informed that you were the most beautiful woman ever to visit Casablanca. That was a *gross* understatement. Ilsa: [genuinely pleased] You're very kind. Senor Ferrari: As the leader of all illegal activities in Casablanca, I am an influential and respected man. Rick: Don't you sometimes wonder if it's worth all this? I mean what you're fighting for. Victor Laszlo: You might as well question why we breathe. If we stop breathing, we'll die. If we stop fighting our enemies, the world will die. Rick: Well, what of it? It'll be out of its misery. Victor Laszlo: You know how you sound, Mr. Blaine? Like a man who's trying to convince himself of something he doesn't believe in his heart. [about Rick] Major Strasser: You give him credit for too much cleverness. My impression was that he's just another blundering American. Captain Renault: We musn't underestimate "American blundering". I was with them when they "blundered" into Berlin in 1918. Ilsa: A franc for your thoughts. Rick: In America they'd bring only a penny, and, huh, I guess that's about all they're worth. Ilsa: Well, I'm willing to be overcharged. Tell me. Rick: Well, I was wondering... Ilsa: Yes? Rick: Why I'm so lucky. Why I should find you waiting for me to come along. Ilsa: Why there is no other man in my life? Rick: Uh-huh. Ilsa: That's easy: there was. And he's dead. Major Strasser: Are you one of those people who cannot imagine the Germans in their beloved Paris? Rick: It's not particularly my beloved Paris. Heinz: Can you imagine us in London? Rick: When you get there, ask me! Captain Renault: Hmmh! Diplomatist! Major Strasser: How about New York? Rick: Well there are certain sections of New York, Major, that I wouldn't advise you to try to invade. [Rick and Renault discussing Victor Laszlo's chances of escaping Casablanca] Captain Renault: This is the end of the chase. Rick: Twenty thousand francs says it isn't. Captain Renault: Is that a serious offer? Rick: I just paid out twenty. I'd like to get it back. Captain Renault: Make it ten. I'm only a poor corrupt official. [Ugarte sells exit visas] Ugarte: You despise me, don't you? Rick: If I gave you any thought I probably would. Ilsa: I can't fight it anymore. I ran away from you once. I can't do it again. Oh, I don't know what's right any longer. You have to think for both of us. For all of us. Rick: All right, I will. Here's looking at you, kid. Ilsa: [smiles] I wish I didn't love you so much. Ugarte: Rick, think of all the poor devils who can't meet Renault's price. I get it for them for half. Is that so... parasitic? Rick: I don't mind a parasite. I object to a cut-rate one. Yvonne: Where were you last night? Rick: That's so long ago, I don't remember. Yvonne: Will I see you tonight? Rick: I never make plans that far ahead. [Annina is contemplating Renault's offer of exit visas for sex] Annina: Oh, monsieur, you are a man. If someone loved you very much, so that your happiness was the only thing that she wanted in the world, but she did a bad thing to make certain of it, could you forgive her? Rick: Nobody ever loved me that much. Annina: And he never knew, and the girl kept this bad thing locked in her heart? That would be all right, wouldn't it? Rick: You want my advice? Annina: Oh, yes, please. Rick: Go back to Bulgaria. Captain Renault: Hello Rick. Rick: Hello Louis. Captain Renault: How extravagant you are, throwing away women like that. Someday they may be scarce. You know, now I think I shall pay a call on Yvonne. Maybe get her on the rebound. Hmm? Rick: When it comes to women, you're a true democrat. Captain Renault: What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca? Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters. Captain Renault: The waters? What waters? We're in the desert. Rick: I was misinformed. Rick: I stick my neck out for *nobody*! Major Strasser: What is your nationality? Rick: I'm a drunkard. Captain Renault: That makes Rick a citizen of the world. [all laugh] Victor Laszlo: I know a good deal more about you than you suspect. I know, for instance, that you're in love with a woman. It is perhaps a strange circumstance that we both should be in love with the same woman. The first evening I came to this café, I knew there was something between you and Ilsa. Since no one is to blame, I - I demand no explanation. I ask only one thing. You won't give me the letters of transit: all right, but I want my wife to be safe. I ask you as a favor, to use the letters to take her away from Casablanca. Rick: You love her that much? Victor Laszlo: Apparently you think of me only as the leader of a cause. Well, I'm also a human being. Yes, I love her that much. Rick: *I'm* the only "cause" I'm interested in. Rick: I'm sorry for asking. I forgot we said "no questions". Ilsa: Well, only one answer can take care of all our questions. [She approaches his lips for a kiss] Rick: [to Ilsa] I wouldn't bring up Paris if I were you, it's poor salesmanship. Captain Renault: Ricky, I'm going to miss you. Apparently you're the only one in Casablanca with less scruples than I. [Of Victor Laszlo, who wants to escape from Casablanca] Captain Renault: No matter how clever he is, he still needs an exit visa... or I should say two? Rick: Why two? Captain Renault: He is traveling with a lady. Rick: He'll take one. Captain Renault: I think not. I have seen the lady. Captain Renault: My dear Ricky, you overestimate the influence of the Gestapo. I don't interfere with them and they don't interfere with me. In Casablanca I am master of my fate! I am... Police Officer: Major Strasser is here, sir! Rick: You were saying? Captain Renault: Excuse me. Rick: I congratulate you. Victor Laszlo: What for? Rick: Your work. Victor Laszlo: I try. Rick: We *all* "try"; *You* succeed! Rick: You know what I want to hear. Sam: [lying] No, I don't. Rick: You played it for her, you can play it for me! Sam: [lying] Well, I don't think I can remember... Rick: If she can stand it, I can! Play it! Captain Renault: We are very honored tonight, Rick. Major Strasser is one of the reasons the Third Reich enjoys the reputation it has today. Major Heinrich Strasser: You repeat *Third* Reich as though you expected there to be others! Captain Renault: Well, personally, Major, I will take what comes. Rick: Who are you really, and what were you before? What did you do and what did you think, huh? Ilsa: We said no questions. Rick: ...Here's looking at you, kid. Major Strasser: We have a complete dossier on you: Richard Blaine, American, age 37. Cannot return to his country. The reason is a little vague. We also know what you did in Paris, Mr. Blaine, and also we know why you left Paris. [hands the dossier to Rick] Don't worry, we are not going to broadcast it. Rick: [reading] Are my eyes really brown? Rick: I'm on their blacklist - their roll of honor! Captain Renault: [after Rick pulls a gun on him] Have you lost your mind? Rick: I have. Sit down! Captain Renault: Put that gun down! Rick: I don't want to shoot you, but I will if you take one more step! Captain Renault: [With amusement] Under the circumstances I will sit down. Senor Ferrari: Might as well be frank, monsieur. It would take a miracle to get you out of Casablanca, and the Germans have outlawed miracles. [after observing the gambling tables at Rick's] Customer: Are you sure this place is honest? Carl: Honest? As honest as the day is long! [as he goes to hand Renault a bribe] Jan Brandel: Captain Renault... may I? Captain Renault: Oh no! Not here please! Come to my office tomorrow morning. We'll do everything businesslike. Jan Brandel: We'll be there at six! Captain Renault: I'll be there at ten. Rick: How can you close me up? On what grounds? Captain Renault: I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here! [a croupier hands Renault a pile of money] Croupier: Your winnings, sir. Captain Renault: [sotto voce] Oh, thank you very much. [aloud] Everybody out at once! Rick: Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine. Ilsa: I love you so much. I hate war so much. Ilsa: [laughs ironically] With the whole world crumbling, we pick this time to fall in love. Rick: Yeah, it's pretty bad timing. Where were you, say, ten years ago? Ilsa: [trying to be cheerful] Ten years ago? Well, let's see... [remembers, smiles] Oh, yes, I was having a brace put on my teeth. Where were you? Rick: Looking for a job. Ilsa: Kiss me. Kiss me as if it were the last time. Rick: And remember, this gun is pointed right at your heart. Captain Renault: That is my *least* vulnerable spot. Captain Renault: Major Strasser has been shot. Round up the usual suspects. [last lines] Rick: Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Rick: Last night we said a great many things. You said I was to do the thinking for both of us. Well, I've done a lot of it since then, and it all adds up to one thing: you're getting on that plane with Victor where you belong. Ilsa: But, Richard, no, I... I... Rick: Now, you've got to listen to me! You have any idea what you'd have to look forward to if you stayed here? Nine chances out of ten, we'd both wind up in a concentration camp. Isn't that true, Louie? Captain Renault: I'm afraid Major Strasser would insist. Ilsa: You're saying this only to make me go. Rick: I'm saying it because it's true. Inside of us, we both know you belong with Victor. You're part of his work, the thing that keeps him going. If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life. Ilsa: But what about us? Rick: We'll always have Paris. We didn't have, we, we lost it until you came to Casablanca. We got it back last night. Ilsa: When I said I would never leave you. Rick: And you never will. But I've got a job to do, too. Where I'm going, you can't follow. What I've got to do, you can't be any part of. Ilsa, I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that. [Ilsa lowers her head and begins to cry] Rick: Now, now... [Rick gently places his hand under her chin and raises it so their eyes meet] Rick: Here's looking at you kid. Captain Renault: Realizing the importance of the case, my men are rounding up twice the usual number of suspects. Captain Renault: Oh no, Emil, please. A bottle of your best champagne, and put it on my bill. Emil: Very well, sir. Victor Laszlo: Captain, please... Captain Renault: Oh, please, monsieur. It is a little game we play. They put it on the bill, I tear up the bill. It is very convenient. Victor Laszlo: Welcome back to the fight. This time I know our side will win. Ilsa: Who is Rick? Captain Renault: Mamoiselle, you are in Rick's! And Rick is... Ilsa: Who is he? Captain Renault: Well, Rick is the kind of man that... well, if I were a woman, and I were not around, I should be in love with Rick. But what a fool I am talking to a beautiful woman about another man. Ilsa: Thank you for the coffee, monsieur. I shall miss that when I leave Casablanca. Senor Ferrari: It was gracious of you to share it with me. [Ugarte gives letter of transit to Rick for safe keeping] Ugarte: Rick, I hope you're more impressed with me, now? Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll share my luck with your roulette wheel. [Starts to walk away] Rick: [stands up; Ugarte stops] Just a moment. I heard a rumor those two German couriers were carrying letter of transit. Ugarte: Huh? Oh, huh, I heard that rumor too. Poor devils. Rick: [sternly] You're right, Ugarte. I *am* a little more impressed with you. [Rick exits casino] Captain Renault: [seeing a uniformed French officer talking non-stop to an Italian officer] If he ever gets a *word* in, it'll be a major Italian *victory*. Captain Renault: By the way, last night you evinced an interest in Señor Ugarte. Victor Laszlo: Yes. Captain Renault: I believe you have a message for him? Victor Laszlo: Nothing important, but may I speak to him now? Major Heinrich Strasser: You would find the conversation a trifle one-sided. Señor Ugarte is dead. Ilsa: Oh. Captain Renault: I am making out the report now. We haven't quite decided yet whether he committed suicide or died trying to escape. Rick: I don't like disturbances in my place. [to the German officer] Either lay off politics, or get out. Rick: You'll excuse me, gentlemen. Your business is politics, mine is running a saloon. Captain Renault: I've often speculated why you don't return to America. Did you abscond with the church funds? Run off with a senator's wife? I like to think you killed a man. It's the Romantic in me. Rick: It was a combination of all three. Rick: [getting drunk] First they take Ugarte and then she walks in. Well, I guess that's the way it goes... one out and one in. Ugarte: Too bad about those two German couriers, wasn't it? Rick: They got a lucky break. Yesterday they were just two German clerks. Today they're the "Honored Dead". Ugarte: You are a very cynical person, Rick, if you'll forgive me for saying so. Rick: [shortly] I forgive you. Sam: Boss, ain't you going to bed? Rick: Not right now. Sam: Ain't you planning on going to bed in the near future? Rick: No. Sam: You ever going to bed? Rick: No! Sam: Well, I ain't sleepy either. Yvonne: [Yvonne is drunk] Give me another. Rick: Sascha, she's had enough. Yvonne: Don't listen to him, Sascha. Fill it up! Sascha: Yvonne, I loff you, but he pays me. Ugarte: Well, Rick, after tonight, I'll be through with the whole business and I am leaving finally this Casablanca. Rick: Who did you bribe for your visa? Renault or yourself? Ugarte: Myself. I found myself much more reasonable. Rick: If it's December 1941 in Casablanca, what time is it in New York? Sam: What? My watch stopped. Rick: I'd bet they're asleep in New York. I'd bet they're asleep all over America. [first lines] Narrator: With the coming of the Second World War, many eyes in imprisoned Europe turned hopefully, or desperately, toward the freedom of the Americas. Lisbon became the great embarkation point. But, not everybody could get to Lisbon directly, and so a tortuous, roundabout refugee trail sprang up - Paris to Marseilles... across the Mediterranean to Oran... then by train, or auto, or foot across the rim of Africa, to Casablanca in French Morocco. Here, the fortunate ones through money, or influence, or luck, might obtain exit visas and scurry to Lisbon; and from Lisbon, to the New World. But the others wait in Casablanca... and wait... and wait... and wait. French officer: To all officers - two German couriers carrying important official documents murdered on train from Oran. Murderer and possible accomplices headed for Casablanca. Round up all suspicious characters and search them for stolen documents. Important. Captain Renault: [to Rick regarding Ilsa] She was asking about you earlier in a way that made me very jealous... Rick: Why did you come back? To tell me why you ran out on me at the railway station? Ilsa: ...Yes. Rick: Well, you can tell me now. I'm reasonably sober. [Rick has just allowed Jan and Annina Brandel to win at roulette in order to get money for their exit visas] Sascha: [kissing Rick on both cheeks] You have done a beautiful thing! Rick: [embarrassed] Get outta here, you crazy Russian! Ilsa: [in her goodbye letter] Richard, I cannot go with you or ever see you again. You must not ask why. Just believe that I love you. Go, my darling, and God bless you. Ilsa. [Rick has been on a long drinking binge] Emil: [serving Rick another drink] *You* are becoming your *own* best *customer*! Captain Renault: [surprized] Why Ricky, I'm *pleased* with you- *Now* you're beginning to live like a *Frenchman*! [at the bar, where Yvonne and a German officer are ordering drinks] French Officer Insulting Yvonne: [in French, to Yvonne] Say, you, you are not French to go with a German like this! Yvonne: [in French] What are you butting in for? French Officer Insulting Yvonne: [in French] I am butting in... Yvonne: [in French] It's none of your business! [brief scuffle between German officer and French officer; Rick intervenes and orders them to desist] French Officer Insulting Yvonne: [in French, to German officer] Dirty Boche. Someday we'll have our revenge! Victor Laszlo: Everything is in order. Rick: All except one thing. There's something you should know before you leave. Victor Laszlo: Mr. Blaine, I don't ask you to explain anything. Rick: I'm going to anyway because it may make a difference to you later on. You said you knew about Ilsa and me. Victor Laszlo: Yes. Rick: What you didn't know was that she was at my place last night when you were. She came there for the letters of transit. Isn't that true, Ilsa? Ilsa: Yes. Rick: She tried everything to get them and nothing worked. She did her best to convince me she was still in love with me but that was over long ago. For your sake she pretended it wasn't and I let her pretend. Victor Laszlo: I understand. Rick: Here it is. [hands Lazlo the letters of transit] Victor Laszlo: Thanks. I appreciate it. Welcome back to the fight. This time I *know* our side will win. [airplane engines start] Victor Laszlo: Are you ready, Ilsa? Ilsa: Yes, I'm ready. Good-bye Rick. God bless you. Rick: You better hurry. You'll miss that plane. Victor Laszlo: And what if you track down these men and kill them, what if you killed all of us? From every corner of Europe, hundreds, thousands would rise up to take our places. Even Nazis can't kill that fast. Rick: Alright, I'll make it easier for you: Go ahead and shoot. You'll be doing me a favor. Ilsa: [to Rick] He is my husband. Was. Even when I knew you in Paris. Major Strasser: [arriving too late to stop Victor Laszlo from escaping] What was the meaning of that phone call? Captain Renault: [pointing to the plane] Victor Laszlo is on that plane. Major Strasser: [after looking at the plane] Why do you stand here? Why don't you stop him? Captain Renault: Ask Mr. Rick. Rick: [sees Strasser begin to move toward the telephone, and draws a gun] Get away from that phone! Major Strasser: I would advise you not to interfere. Rick: I was willing to shoot Captain Renault and I'm willing to shoot you. Major Strasser: [picks up the telephone] Hello? Rick: Put that phone down! Major Strasser: Get me the radio tower. Rick: PUT IT DOWN! [Strasser draws a gun, he and Rick both fire simultaneously, Strasser falls mortally wounded, shortly afterward, some police arrive on the scene] Captain Renault: Major Strasser's been shot. [Renault looks at Rick, Rick gives him a look] Captain Renault: Round up the usual suspects. [the police pick up Major Strasser's body and leave, Renault looks over at Rick, who is smiling] Victor Laszlo: Play the "Marseillaise."... Play it! |
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