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4:13 Look into Madeleine Lebeau's face and you will understand why France will survive even Macron's globalist treachery. The fight is not over, Macron. It is just beginning. Vive La France. May she remain forever Christian, forever European, and forever Caucasian.

Lazlo and Strasse were played by German exiles from the Nazis.

What a masterpiece of a movie. Replace "Vive la France!!" with "Slava Ukraini!!" today.

What's wonderful is that this scene works so masterfully even if you don't know who all the characters represent politically, or what songs are being sung. And today, 80 years after "Casablanca" was made, comparatively few people will know the background of who the good guys and bad guys are. Yet you can immediately understand the scene regardless, and it's uplifting and exciting and enjoyable.

Is there a more perfect scene in cinematic history? If so, I’d love to see it.

Send the muslims home. France for the French

For me personally, I'm glad that Alberto Morin, the actor playing the French officer who gets disgusted by Yvonne befriending a Nazi (scene shown at 4:09) is Puerto Rican, like me 🇵🇷.

I really think that scene is the best in all cinema

Ironically the Wacht am Rhein is a song about defense and safety from an invasion threat while La Marseillaise is a violent call to arms with lots of questionable imagery. The Casablanca narrative works because viewers don't understand what gets sung.

The uploader references Avengers Endgame In the days of my callow youth, I would've looked on a movie with battle scenes as the ideal expression of heroism. It was my 40's before I got smarter and began appreciating Casablanca as the noble and lofty depiction of goodness that it was. But...a paradox. A few days ago I happened to be listening to Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture at work to infusie my weary mind and body with energy. And it occurs to me now how the brief inserts (for lack of a better expression) of Le Marseille are meant to represent Napoleon's aggressive incursion into Russia as opposed to liberty and the quashing of tyranny.

In my opinion it is the best movie scene.

I thought it was interesting that the Spanish singer knew the lyrics to the French National Anthem. Morocco had not been French that long. (1906) and the Portuguese and Spanish had been there a long time. Interesting that you talk about another continent (Europe) as effecting not only the locals, but another continent (Africa).

n*zi bastards!

The irony in "La Marseillaise"........the song says to "Fight and fight"......yet......they had already SURRENDERED! If we hadn't fought to get their freedom back.................their favorite food would be "Frankfurters".

It can't hurt to add that "La Marseillaise" is pretty much the most bad-ass anthem in existence :)

And right after the Marseillaise, used as incidental music, you hear the German anthem Deutschlandlied.

My favorite part of my all-time favorite scene in my all-time favorite movie is when the band members only start playing when Rick nods his head giving them the ok. This also signals Rick’s return to the fight.

ALL of the people in the bar were refugees and yes it is a moment for them to stand up to evil. This ism y favorite scene in my favorite film and YOU COMPLETELY MISSED THE POINT. victor can say 'play the Marseilles' but the band doesn't do it! they look to rick. Rick, in e critical moment of the film gives a nod, gives permission. Rick (America) has taken a side and joined the fight. The scene is critical becasue RICK is acting, not victor. we hear all about victor's acting and it hasn't changed the german's fate, they're still winning but when Rick just gives a tilt of his head, THAT lights the fuse Rick has shifted off of neurality and the world shfts with him.

One of the best scenes in my favorite movie!

‘Casablanca’ is renowned and is justly acknowledged as one of the most romantic films of all time but it is much more than the tale of a love triangle. Of course, it shows that the power of love can affect the human psyche, as demonstrated by Rick’s metamorphosis, but, actually, the film is one of the most subtle pieces of propaganda ever made. Made in the bleakest times of WW2, this film has so many levels to it that it takes many viewings to appreciate them. The main theme is not romance but self-sacrifice as its message to the world at war is to give up the personal agenda for the common cause. It reminds wartime audiences, many of whom have loved ones fighting abroad, that their situation is the same as that of Rick, Ilsa and Victor. Rick’s initial selfishness, (‘I stick my neck out for nobody’ and ‘the problems of the world are not in my department…’), is a metaphor for USA indifference. It must be remembered that the events and politics are hard to comprehend and put into perspective for current audiences than for those living through WW2, not knowing who the victors would be. The script can be considered as a 'State of the Union' address, both for home and foreign policies, in which there are references to Civil Rights, as embodied in Sam and, of course, the debate about America’s involvement in the conflict. Basically, the film is politically motivated because it is a plea to America to join the war. Please note that the action takes place in pre-Pearl Harbour, December, 1941. The screenplay is so intelligently written. It is a masterpiece of complexity, containing subliminal political opinions and messages all carried along on a thrilling plot with brilliant one-liners and memorable quotes, together with comedic elements and contemporary, social commentaries. Michael Curtiz’s direction is multi-faceted: Documentary, Film Noir, German Expressionism, Flashback etc. He is the master of creating the plot via seamlessly connecting a series of rapid-fire vignettes. There is subtle direction and cinematography. For example, Ilsa wears black and white clothes and is cast in shadows and in a mirror which symbolise the ambiguity of her role. POINTS OF INTEREST AND NOTES FOR SUBSEQUENT VIEWINGS. This is the the first non-musical movie to use music almost as an another protagonist, (which Tarantino does now). For example, ‘As Time Goes By’ is a valuable recurring theme and, in Paris, Rick and Ilsa dance to ‘Perfidia’ which means untrustworthiness. Also, ‘Love for Sale’ is played during the dialogue when the Bulgarian girl tells Rick about her ‘offer’ from Renault. Each character represents a country e.g. Two Japanese plotting; the Italian on the tail of the German; American indifference; French collaborators; the British robbed by foreign policy. Even the Balkan problem , (still ongoing), are mentioned via the Bulgarian couple. Quite evidently, Rick’s actions symbolise the USA in its change in policy from isolationism to participation and ‘….the beginning of a beautiful friendship…’ is the USA and Europe joining forces to fight Nazism. The significance of Letters of Transit is a metaphor for the might of America’s power and resources and must be delivered to the right side. The ‘La Marseillaise’ scene is the pivotal moment in which both Ilsa and Rick realise that saving Victor is more important than their own personal relationship. It also comes in just as Rick and Victor are about to argue over Ilsa but both drop the issue when they hear the music. This scene is rousing now but imagine how it must have felt for audiences right in the middle of the war when Germany seemed invincible and modern viewers need to put it in perspective in terms of world events full of Nazi and Japanese domination and when the outcome looked very bleak. The facial close-ups used throughout the film speak a thousand words: but particularly note Ilsa during ‘La Marseillaise’ when her expressions show her admiration of Victor’s power and her realisation that this must be preserved at all costs. POINTS TO WATCH ‘It’s December, 1941 in Casablanca: what time is it in New York?... I bet they are asleep all over America’. PEARL HARBOUR ‘Even Nazis can’t kill that fast’ CONCENTRATION CAMPS ‘I don’t buy or sell human beings..’ CIVIL RIGHTS In any case... there is so much alcohol!!!! On this note, please watch out for glasses knocked over and glasses set upright… The Bulgarian couple keep appearing many times as symbols of hope and determination. In the bar room fight over Yvonne, Rick attacks the German only and not the Frenchman. Captain Renault dumps the bottle of Vichy water to represent his rejection of the Nazi- collaborating French Government which was located in Vichy. Just one example of the excellent and complex scriptwriting occurs immediately after the roulette scene. The girl thanks Rick for letting her husband win and Rick replies, ‘He’s just a lucky guy’, which, on the face of it, refers to the gambling, but, in Rick’s mind, means that the husband is ‘lucky’ because his partner truly loves him. Please imagine what hope the dialogue must have projected when Ilsa states that she’ll wear the blue dress again when Paris is liberated. Nobody then knew when this would be. The quotes from the film are now embedded in popular culture and are mostly said by Rick. However, Captain Renault has some of the best lines: e.g. when asking Rick why he had to leave America, he says, ‘I’d like to think you killed a man: it’s the romantic in me’ ; a gunshot to his heart would be his ‘..least vulnerable part..’; when told where the Letters of Transit were hidden in the piano, ‘’…it’s my fault for not being musical…’: on making the bet with Rick, …’make it 10,000 - I’m only a poor corrupt official…’

When you put this into the time and context in which it was made, it is one of the most uplifting, powerful and effective propaganda sequences ever filmed.

For anyone interested - this is La Marseillaise (with lyrics in English sub-titles) ruclips.net/video/7MQ-SC9bmp4/видео.html .

I enjoy Casablanca and consider this scene "the heart of the movie."

I always loved that that dive bar had the National Anthem ready to go!

What a pain in the ass. You should end this video with the complete scene -- without your commentary. It's one of the great scenes in movie history.

Something not often noticed is that composer Max Steiner wrote an inspiring hymn tune as a leitmotiv fot Victor Laszlo. It's overshadowed by the pre-existing American popular tune As Time Goes By, and by the vernacular French and German tunes. Steiner had a knack, not shared by his colleague Erich Wolfgang Korngold, for using vernacular tunes in his film scores for Warner Brothers.

When Russia invaded Ukraine, I immediately thought of this film, and this scene in particular. Vive la France! Slava Ukraini!!

You must understand this is one of the greatest movies ever made. By accident I think, but one of the most rewatchable movies ever. Do NOT over analyze it. If you know, or ever bothered, to look into this movie as how it came being you would take your high handed approach away. YOU are a novice and a punk... .Do some research and then talk about it. You are such a ridiculous snob. Sir this is a classic and your opinion lacks everything that is human.

A point of interest, earlier in the film we learn that the letters of passage were signed by General DeGaulle ~ who was in exile in London & whose signature wouldn't have much weight in Vichy-controlled France including Casablanca, Morocco. This scene though is so pivotal & is a sort of stand-alone short worthy of study. Also Major Strasser, Conrad Veidt, was one of the highest-paid actors in Europe, who fled with his Jewish wife when Hitler took power in 1933.

There's a detail in this scene that is too rarely commented upon. Lazslo comes down and tells the orchestra to "Play La Marseillaise, Play it". But before they begin, the horn players look up to Rick, who gives a very definite nod. It is only with Rick's permission that Lazslo's courage is allowed to have any effect. If there's a single moment in the movie when Rick "Rejoins the Fight" it is here, not at the later Airport scene. Everything you see later, begins here..

This and the Odessa steps sequence from the Battleship Potemkin are my favorite bits of all time films

That look @ 5:51 is what any man in love dreams of seeing in his beloved! .. Sigh!

IT WAS THE ULTIMATE "BATTLE OF THE BANDS"! -BATTLE?! -HECK! -IT WAS A WAR!!!

oh but that cut to Rick and the nod he gives the okay to the band. The moment he becomes part of the war.

While he was the heavy in this film, Conrad Veidt deserves nothing but respect. He was an escapee from Nazi Germany and a great actor

How many dive bars have national anthems ready to play?

Bogies finest hour in the best film ever made and one that will still be watched in a hundred years time.

Vive la France ! 🇨🇵

Knowing just the bit of history I knew, I was shocked when this scene played out. It really makes Victor live up to his name and reputation. And knowing this film is being filmed during the war itself - and with fleeing refugees - just makes it ever more moving. Thank you for making this video. I just watched this masterpiece of a film for the very first time, and I’m surprised at how astonishing it still is all these decades later.

Stopped watching after 21 seconds. Anyone who does analysis/break downs of cinema and treats a Marvel movie as if there is some substance to it clearly has no idea of what they are talking about.

This scene is the one that always makes me tear up. Everyone taking up the song, and the look on Ilsa's face as she looks upon her husband. It's no wonder she loved him so much.

I would wish to point out as well, the subtle corruption of "The Watch of the Rhein", in history, this song was created during the Franco-Prussian War, it was about the ragtag confederation of German States and their fight against the French who were much larger and more powerful at the time (though they had a few weaknesses that would lead to their defeat, but That's hindsight), the song was about guarding the Rhein against the larger French force. However, here in Rock's bar many years later, the script has been flipped! Now the Germans are the unstoppable and the song is being used to mock the French! It's so clever I refuse to believe it was unintentional

I've always considered the La Marseillaise the best national anthem in the world. Nothing more so than in the scene from Casablanca. I'm not French, but it almost makes me want to be!

Ilsa watching Lazlo's conviction and bravery. She conveys her own reaffirmation of her love for him with just the slightest smile

A TRULY GREAT SCENE in movie history still capable of bringing tears to your eyes this many years later

Just once before I die, I want a woman to look at me the way Ingrid Bergman (Ilsa) looks at Paul Henreid (Victor Laszlo) in this scene. The look of genuine admiration and sincere love is wonderful to behold, and the particular shot only lasts two or three seconds.

Great video! Your channel deserves so many more views!

Ingrid Bergman's classic Nordic beauty is the real winner here!

During WW 2 many fled Europe. Warner Brothers gave escaped European actors work as extras in many films. Look at the emotion that bled out of the extras as they sang La Marseille. The extras were channeling their emotions into their performance.

You should mention this was filmed and released while Vichy France was still a thing. It's crazy to think about it.