"Casablanca," the 1942 film starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman and directed by Michael Curtiz, won three Oscars. In this still from the film, a plane flies over the upscale piano bar Rick's Cafe Americain.
"Casablanca," the 1942 film starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman and directed by Michael Curtiz, won three Oscars. In this still from the film, a plane flies over the upscale piano bar Rick's Cafe Americain.
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Ilsa Lund (Bergman) and Rick Blaine (Bogart) had a whirlwind romance in Paris, but the Nazi occupation was bearing down on the city.
Ilsa Lund (Bergman) and Rick Blaine (Bogart) had a whirlwind romance in Paris, but the Nazi occupation was bearing down on the city.
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Sam (Dooley Wilson) captivates patrons of Rick's Cafe Americain with his piano stylings, but Rick has expressly forbade him to play "As Time Goes By," for reasons that quickly become apparent.
Sam (Dooley Wilson) captivates patrons of Rick's Cafe Americain with his piano stylings, but Rick has expressly forbade him to play "As Time Goes By," for reasons that quickly become apparent.
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Rick and Ilsa talk in a bazaar after her surprising arrival in Casablanca. She is the wife of Victor Laszlo (played by Paul Henreid), a Czech resistance leader whom she had thought to be dead when she fell in love with Rick in Paris.
Rick and Ilsa talk in a bazaar after her surprising arrival in Casablanca. She is the wife of Victor Laszlo (played by Paul Henreid), a Czech resistance leader whom she had thought to be dead when she fell in love with Rick in Paris.
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Peter Lorre is Ugarte, an unsavory fellow who sells "letters of transit" for profit.
Peter Lorre is Ugarte, an unsavory fellow who sells "letters of transit" for profit.
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Rick is the embodiment of an America that has finally grasped the threat of fascism, says American studies professor and author Nicolaus Mills.
Rick is the embodiment of an America that has finally grasped the threat of fascism, says American studies professor and author Nicolaus Mills.
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The actor S.Z. Sakall, who played Carl, poses on set outside his dressing room. Carl is a waiter at Rick's Cafe, where Bogart's character, Rick, has made a point of hiring European refugees, Mills notes.
The actor S.Z. Sakall, who played Carl, poses on set outside his dressing room. Carl is a waiter at Rick's Cafe, where Bogart's character, Rick, has made a point of hiring European refugees, Mills notes.
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The central tension of the film is the dilemma Rick faces. He still loves Ilsa, who tells him she still loves him, but if he wants to help Victor escape from the Nazis and continue to lead the resistance, he must let her go with her husband.
The central tension of the film is the dilemma Rick faces. He still loves Ilsa, who tells him she still loves him, but if he wants to help Victor escape from the Nazis and continue to lead the resistance, he must let her go with her husband.
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Ilsa and Victor go to see Senor Ferrari (Sydney Greenstreet) a black-market dealer, to acquire exit visas.
Ilsa and Victor go to see Senor Ferrari (Sydney Greenstreet) a black-market dealer, to acquire exit visas.
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Ugarte holds the letters of transit that many refugees waiting in Casablanca would like to get their hands on. Here he brandishes a gun as he attempts to flee from French authorities.
Ugarte holds the letters of transit that many refugees waiting in Casablanca would like to get their hands on. Here he brandishes a gun as he attempts to flee from French authorities.
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At film's end, Rick manages to ensure that Ilsa leaves with Victor. But having killed the villainous Major Strasser (not pictured), he will need to flee Casablanca, presumably accompanied by the likeable but corrupt police captain, Louis Renault (Claude Rains), who has had an epiphany of his own. In the end, they walk into the fog with Rick uttering the famous last words: "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
At film's end, Rick manages to ensure that Ilsa leaves with Victor. But having killed the villainous Major Strasser (not pictured), he will need to flee Casablanca, presumably accompanied by the likeable but corrupt police captain, Louis Renault (Claude Rains), who has had an epiphany of his own. In the end, they walk into the fog with Rick uttering the famous last words: "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
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