1 of the all time greats of cinema focusing upon WWII & how love & hope persevered
Casablanca is of course an all-time classic American film.<br /><br />The introduction is especially important because it lays out not only the story, the main characters, but the themes of the film as well.<br /><br />First, it starts by explaining how Europeans who wanted to escape the Nazis fleeing from France, which had just been conquered by the Germans in 1940, had to travel to Algeria and then to Casablanca in Morocco with the hopes of getting exit papers that would allow them to cross from French territory into Portugal and then onto the Americas and freedom. This theme of people hoping to find an exit from German controlled Europe is played throughout the film. There are several scenes of people trying to raise money to buy papers, or finding boats or other ways to leave Morocco. Most famously however is the arrival of Czech resistance leader Victor Laszio (Paul Henreid) and his wife Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman). They are hoping to acquire some stolen transit papers that would allow them to move onto the Americas.<br /><br />Next is the resistance to the Nazis. While some police are looking for the stolen papers a man is gunned down. In his pockets are found flyers for the French resistance. Various people that work at Rick’s bar are with the resistance as well. Most importantly, Laszio is hoping to inspire people across Europe to stand up to the Nazis, that’s if he’s able to get out of Casablanca. The movie is set during the time when the Germans were sweeping across Europe and it seemed like they might even win the war. Imperialism and occupation however always foments opposition and that’s what Laszio represents.<br /><br />The last major issue is relationships. This focuses upon Rick (Humphrey Bogart). He has two main ones in the film, one friendly, one romantic. The former is between Rick and Captain Louis Renault (Claude Rains) the head of police in Morocco. Renault is a mainstay at Rick’s Café. Renault is impressed by Rick’s playboy life where he picks up and throws away women, runs a successful business and makes a handy profit while playing cut throat with all the people forced into desperation by the war. They have a series of great scenes where they make quips about each other. The other relationship is between Rick and Ilsa. They used to be lovers in Paris, but when the Germans occupied the city they were separated and it turned out Ilsa was married to Laszio. They still have a thing for each other, but there’s Ilsa’s husband and the war that stands between them. They have a series of electric scenes together and their song, “As Times Go By” is one of the most iconic from all of cinema. These three relationships help propel the movie. They also play upon the first two themes as it shows how people could still love and find comradery in the midst of war.<br /><br />It’s the combination of all of these issues, the growing war in Europe and its consequences, and how people were caught up in it and tried to live and adapt, which makes this such a great film.<br />C
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Casablanca: 70th Anniversary - Special Edition :  The romantic lovers' triangle between the impossible heroic Czech Resistance leader Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), his beautiful wife Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) and her ex-lover, cynical American Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), is still the same old story, but it's never looked better! Casablanca's new 4K resolution scan achieves the richest, most dynamic image possible, rendering the most romantic movie of all time the most beautiful it's ever been. So no matter how often you've seen the timeless classic that won 3 Academy Awards including Best Picture, you'll want to play it again and again..