They had a date with fate in Casablanca!
Casablanca: easy to enter, but much harder to leave, especially if your name is on the 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 who sticks his neck out for no one...especially Victor's wife Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman), the ex-lover who broke his heart. So when Ilsa offers herself in exchange for Laszlo's safe transport out of the country, the bitter Rick must decide what's more important - his own happiness or the countless lives that hang in the balance. Winner of three Academy Awards including Best Picture, Casablanca is "America's most popular and beloved movie - and rightly so" (The Motion Picture Guide)!
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There are not many films that can stand for over half a century and still remain every bit as relevant and enjoyable as when it would have first come out.
The acting in this is fantastic by the... Read more
entire cast and it doesn't feel like it has dated a day from when it was made.Brilliant.
Possibly the best movie ever made. Fantastic. It was in 1942 and still is today. It fully deserves all of the superlatives it has been given over the years. There is not a single piece of wasted dialogue... Read more
nor an irrelevant facial expression throughout the whole movie which is at times profoundly moving, witty, laugh out loud funny, with at times edge of the seat suspense. Also possibly the greatest love story ever told. Ingrid Bergman's luminous beauty has to be seen to be believed. Everybody should see this movie.Hadn't seen this classic movie until now, in my 50's and it turned out to be just that, an absolute classic; the fact it is in black and white adds to it's charm, and the classic one liners weren't... Read more
bubble gum, they were great! How beautiful was Ingrid Bergman!!!!! Highly recommendable!I imagine it was edge of the seat stuff back when it was released but by todays standards a bit of a snooze fest.
This truly is a classic. If you ever wanted to know where all of the one-liners came from, you should watch this movie. It puts all other movies in perspective.
Everyone needs to see this movie just to hear the famous line!
One of the greatest films of all time. For those few that complain about it being boring and in black and white...this is what happens when the talent is in the writing and the acting and not in the special effects.
An old classic. With berman and Gogart really worth seeing. Could be age dependent however!
A good movie, though not my bag of sand
3 Stars
Such a great classic movie. A must see for all lovers of true cinema. Well worth it.
