Casablanca
Its as near to perfection as you can get with a film. Placed at the top or near the top of anyone's list of Great Movies and universally loved. Great storyline, great atmosphere, fizzing chemistry between Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergmann, wonderful music, and unforgettable ending. It's one of those films you can watch over and over again, and every time find something you hadn't noticed before. It is deservedly one of the most popular, magical (and flawless) films of all time - focused on the themes of lost love, honor and duty, self-sacrifice and romance within a chaotic world.
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A straightforward romance, about Ingrid Bergman fleeing Nazis and arriving in Casablanca only to find ex-boyfriend Bogart, is elevated to greatness by a cracking cast. Peter Lorre is wonderful as the doomed Ugarte; a slightly sinister Paul Henreid delivers a masterclass in suavity as Bergman's husband; Sydney Greenstreet's obese jollity reassures and repulses in equal measure; and Claude Rains is eternally struggling to suppress his laughter. Then there's Ingrid Bergman? Say what you like about her acting, but no camera before or since ever loved one woman so faithfully and unconditionally.
| Rick Blaine | Humphrey Bogart Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957) became famous for portrayals of tender-hearted heroes with tough and cynical exteriors. In 1952 he won an Academy Award for The African Queen. "I should never have switched from scotch to martinis." Is said to be Bogart's last words. A movie legend, indeed. |
| Ilsa Lund | Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman (1915 - 1982 ) is ranked as the fourth greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute. She continues to be a cultural icon - not only for her role in Casablanca, but for her career as a whole (she twice won the Academy Award for best actress) and for her innocent, natural beauty. |
| Victor Laszlo | Paul Henreid Paul George Julius Von Henreid (1908-1992) The Austrian-born actor whose elegant sophistication and middle-European accent made him ideal for romantic leading roles. |
| Captain Renault | Claude Rains |
| Major Strasser | Conrad Veidt |
| Signor Ferrari | Sydney Greenstreet |
| Ugarte | Peter Lorre |
| Sam | Dooley Wilson |
| Yvonne | Madeleine LeBeau |
| Carl (as S.K. Sakall) | S.Z. Sakall |
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