The Casablanca movie premiered on November 23

The Casablanca movie premiered on November 23

The Casablanca movie premiered on November 23, 1942 in New York. Starring master actors of the time such as Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains and Paul Henreid, ‘Casablanca’ received an Oscar in the categories of Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay in 1943.

Perhaps the most interesting feature of the movie, which was made in 1942 by Warner Brothers, which bought Murray Burnett’s unpublished play Everybody Comed to Rick’s for as high as $ 20,000, is that the script is constantly rewritten. The film was named the best love movie of all time by the US Film Institute in 2002.

“Casablanca” was selected as one of the “culturally, historically and aesthetically important” films by the Library of Congress in 1989 and it was decided to be preserved in the US National Film Archive.

Subject

The subject of the movie is II. It takes place in the early days of the World War. Victor Lazlow, leader of the Czech resistance organization, escapes from the German concentration camp and arrives in Casablanca. Its aim is to seek asylum in Lisbon and from there to the USA.

But all their hopes are tied to Rick, who luckily owns Casablanca’s most famous nightclub. Rick is the only one who has the passports required for the escape.

Rick, on the other hand, has an important reason for Victor to be caught or killed. Victor’s wife Ilsa is the great love that Rick once believed abandoned him and buried deep within his heart.

Casablanca takes place during the years of the Second World War. As a location, we seem far from the war, but the effects of the war are heavily felt. Because Kasablanka has become a place where people fleeing the war pile up. The importance of the city; People who fled illegally from Europe can come here last. A legal permit is required in order to pass to Portugal and go to America from there. Two figures come into play here. The first is the corrupt police chief Renault. He provides visas to people who do not have a visa in return for bribes. The other figure is Signor Ferrari, who is a black market trader under the café operator identity. As the whole of Europe was affected by the war, Casablanca became a place where cultures of different nationalities mingled. Many German, French, Italian, Russian, American, Norwegian people are trying to survive together. People have fears but they try not to let go of their old lifestyles. Therefore, Casablanca looks like a place with kind people on the surface.