Advantages: A Hollywood classic ! Disadvantages: None.
...Running a bar in Casablanca is Rick, an American who left his home in mysterious circumstances and who has, apparently, spent the intervening years as an adventurer in Europe. His bar, named "Cafe Rick", is the centre of night life in the town, and anyone wanting to make a deal comes there eventually. On this particular night, German SS officers arrive in an attempt to recover stolen transit papers which would enable anyone holding them to escape ... ...Rick (played by Humphrey Bogart' is surprised when the Resistance leader Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid) arrives at his bar in search of the documents, accompanied by his wife Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) - whom Rick had last seen as the Germans invaded Paris... The film goes on to explore the relationship between Rick and Ilsa, and how Rick (who is in posession of the transit documents) deals with his mixed emotions at seeing Ilsa again.
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quaint1 22.06.2006
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Advantages: Classic film given the treatment it deserves Disadvantages: none
...needed to embark the plane. Casablanca itself is allegedly under French control but with the Vichy government and the occupation of France, it is the Nazis who exert the main influence.
Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) runs a popular club in the city called Rick's. With Casablanca thronging with refugees, crime and black marketeering is rife and Rick's is known as a place where most things can be sourced for a price. Rick himself has to walk the fine ... ...they wish to detain in Casablanca indefinitely. Rick is stunned when Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman), the love of his life who disappeared as they fled from Paris and the Nazi invasion, turns out to be Lazlo's wife. She pleads with him to help her husband escape. Will Rick help Lazlo for Ilsa's sake or will he use the papers to try to start a new life for himself with Ilsa? Or will the Nazis or the French under Captain Renault (Claude Rains) find the documents ...
pedroj 24.10.2005
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Nazis' most wanted list. Atop that list is Czech resistance leader Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid) whose only hope is Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) a cynical American...
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Production Year: 1997 - Drama - Director: Gillian Armstrong - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Ciaran Hinds, Tom Wilkinson, Richard Roxburgh
Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
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