"Casablanca" is a love movie produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains , Paul Henreid and other starring roles. The film was released in the United States on November 26, 1942.
The film tells the story of businessman Rick holding a valuable pass during World War II. The arrival of anti-Nazi activist Victor and his wife Ilsa revived the old relationship between Rick and Ilsa. The two faced A story about the conflict between emotion and politics.
In 1944, the film won three awards: Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay at the 16th Academy Awards. In 2007, the Hollywood Screenwriters Guild selected "The 101 Greatest Movie Scripts" in history, and this film ranked first.
Extended information
The plot introduction of "Casablanca": During World War II, Casablanca was the only place for Europeans to escape to the United States. There was a mixture of good and bad, and the situation was tense. Rick (Humphrey Bogart) is a mysterious businessman who opened a popular nightclub in Casablanca and owned two valuable passes.
One day, the anti-Nazi activist Victor and his wife Ilsa (played by Ingrid Bergman) came to the nightclub. It turned out that they were evading the Nazis. By coincidence, Rick discovered that Ilsa turned out to be his old lover. That love was once unforgettable, but it ended because of a misunderstanding.
When the misunderstanding was resolved, the relationship between Ilsa and Rick was inevitably rekindled. The two passes in Rick's hand can help Victor tide over the difficulties, but in this way, will Ilsa decide to stay or leave, and where will their love go in the political and ethical push and pull.
"Casablanca" character introduction:
1. Rick Bryan
Rick Bryan is an American who opened a restaurant in Casablanca "Rick's Americano Bar". Rick Bryan is a cynical and head-on bar owner. Later, he got two valuable passes and met his girlfriend in Paris - Elisa Lunde, but Eliza was already the wife of Victor Lasero, the leader of the Czech Underground Front, and the two of them Being tracked by Nazi Major Straussein.
2. Eliza Lund
Delicate and thoughtful, she is "the most beautiful woman who has ever visited Casablanca". She had a relationship with Rick Bryan before the Nazis took over Paris. Because she was a married woman, she had to choose between her husband and Brian, a choice that made her suffer psychological torture.
3. Victor Laszlo
Free French democratic fighter and leader of the Czech resistance movement, he escaped from Nazi concentration camps in Germany many times. He was the husband of Eliza Lund, with whom he later managed to escape Casablanca with the help of Rick Bryan.
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