Casablanca (1942) Reaction | First Time Watching
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- An American cafe owner living in Casablanca must decide if he wants to help his former lover and her husband escape the Nazis.
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The actress who played Rick's girlfriend was French actress Madeleine LeBeau, and many of the cast in his casino / club were French who had escaped the occupation. The film was made in 1942 and France was still occupied so the tears and emotion during the National Anthem were completely genuine.
Madeleine was married to Marcel Dalio who played the croupier. They had escaped via Lisbon but had been held up when they discovered they had been sold forged papers. She learnt english while waiting to get into the US. The marriage didn't last but she returned to France after the war and was a star. She died in 2016, the last survivor of the cast.
I think this is the epitome of classics. Nothing is more classic than this classic. There are so many lines that are iconic.
Renault isn't always literal; he is often sarcastic, ironic. You'll see that at the end.
Rick is not just a character, he is a representation of a USA that was trying to stay out of WW2 but eventually joined against the Axis powers. The movie takes place in early December 1941, a few days before the attack on Pearl Harbour, when America was still neutral. Like Rick, they were doing little things here and there to discreetly help the Allies and take in some refugees, but, like Rick, they hadn't officially joined a side or "stuck their neck out for anyone". Until it got personal!
It's December 1st in America and they're a sleep
I think more accurately Rick was a representation of what the USA *should* have been or *wanted* to be seen as, but never really was. Rick had been far more proactive than could ever have been reasonably associated with the USA. In large part, that's why I tend to regard 'the promise of America' as the true Macguffin in the film, rather than the letters of transit.
@@globalpoliticsman9523amazing line that goes unnoticed quite a bit.
So many famous lines came out of this movie. Love this and your reaction. This was shot during the war so lots of the emotions and tears were real. Keep up the good work!
I think that only "Hamlet" surpasses "Casablanca" in the number of famous lines -- in both cases, they don't even seem like quotations, they've totally passed into the language.
Years ago I introduced my then roommate to this movie. When it was finished she said she'd really enjoyed it, but said the script was full of a lot of clichéd dialogue. She was floored when I told her all those lines originated from the movie. 😁
If you have never seen Audrey Hepburn, then I'd recommend her first Hollywood starring role "Roman Holiday" for which she won the Academy Award. Not a bad debut! She is utterly enchanting as the Princess paired with Gregory Peck.
I fell in love w old classics when I was invited to a showing of Casablanca at one of those grand old theaters from the 30s in Los Angeles. This movie is decades older than me and I was never interested in black and white movies. At this showing, they went all out. The lights went down and one of those old radios was on the stage with a family seated around it listening carefully. You could hear the newscasts of the Germans closing in on Paris and France's defeat. The family was in severe distress hoping their relatives would make it out of France. At that point the curtains opened and the dramatic opening to Casablanca began. I remember being completely enraptured and lost in this movie as if I was there. I absolutely loved this movie. I fell in love with black and white because it is almost like a character itself, the way it gives everything that sinister and shadowy appeal that you can't get in color and I've been hooked ever since.
"The Big Sleep" is another great classic movie w Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall and features lots of twists and turns.
"Bad Day at Black Rock" w Spencer Tracy and Ernest Borgnine is another jewel that captures you from the very start and keeps you riveted to the end.
"Manchurian Candidate" w Angela Lansbury and Frank Sinatra is a Cold War/ political intrigue during a US election that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Angela Lansbury is incredible.
Glad you finally got to see this great film. I would also recommend “The African Queen” with Bogart and Katherine Hepburn.
I’m only 4 minutes in to this movie and The African Queen came straight to mind. Love the movie and a huge fan of Katherine Hepburn.
The filming began in 1941. Director Michael Curtiz's very next film was the great "Yankee Doodle Dandy" with the amazingly energetic and awesome dancer James Cagney.
The first 3 Thin Man movies with Myrna Loy and William Powell are fantastic. They made 6 but both actors didn't care for the last 3 because they couldn't get the Director and Writer they wanted. Also, The Maltese Falcon and To Have and Have Not with Humphrey Bogart, the Marx Brothers movies, and Arsenic and Old Lace with Cary Grant.
Great recomondations👍
Plus the great Maltese Falcon has Rick, Ugarte and Ferrari in it!
Half of France was occupied, but the other half of France swiftly surrendered and collaborated. The 'illegal government' there that decided to collaborate was called Vichy France. The colonies, like Morocco were under Vichy rule as well.
Citizen Kane and The Maltese Falcon are a couple of great ones.
Yes... another vote for Citizen Kane and Maltese Falcon!!
@@mckeldin1961 The Maltese Falcon also has Sidney Greenstreet & Peter Lorre in it, along with Bogart.
North by Northwest - Hitchcock with Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint and James Mason. Rio Bravo - John Wayne, Dean Martin, Walter Brennan, Angie Dickinson, and Ricky Martin. Asenic and Old Lace - Cary Grant. Rear Window - Hickcock, Grace Kelly, and Jimmy Stewart.
This Is Definitely One Of My All Time Favorite Movie's, Great Cast, Great Performances By Everyone In This Movie & As Always Love Seeing Your Reactions
"Welcome back to the fight; this time I know our side will win."
Philadelphia Story with Carey Grant, James Stewart & Katherine Hepburn / Born Yesterday with Judy Holiday & William Holden / The Apartment with Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine & Fred MacMurray.
The French croupier in the movie is Marcel Dalio... one of my favorite actors (being Jewish, he left France at the time of the occupation... like so many others in the cast... ). He had significant roles in two of the greatest movies ever made GRAND ILLUSION (1937) and THE RULES OF THE GAME (1939)... both made by Jean Renoir, one of the greatest movie directors who ever lived! (And I understand his father dabbled in painting... LOL). If you ever want to try out a foreign language movie reaction, Grand Illusion would be a great one!
Conrad Veidt (the actor who played Major Strasser, the head German) and his wife, who was Jewish, left Germany when the Nazis came to power. He absolutely hated the Nazis and often played Nazis in both British and American films - with the clause that they must be villains and have no redeeming qualities. Making every effort to show how dangerous and vile the Nazi party was was one of his ways of helping the war effort. He and his wife donated lots of money to help in the war effort as well. Casablanca was the last film of his to be released in his lifetime. He died of a heart attack while playing golf in 1943.
I saw this during WW2 and I believe the reason that it became such an instant classic is that the theme and story truly hit a nerve with the audience members.
Everyone identified with the story because in 1942 suddenly husbands and wives, young men and their lovers were being forcefully separated by the war and the draft.
One of the best movies ever. That script is what brilliant cinema actually is! The acting. As a huge classics/old movies fan, you guys have so many great movies to watch, i'm excited. I suggest you start with hitchcock movies, also: All About Eve, The Third Man, On the Waterfront, Some Like It Hot, Rio Bravo, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Out of the Past, Key Largo, Citizen Kane, Paths of Glory, The Asphalt Jungle, The Killing (1956), Night of The Hunter...i guess it's a good start. Also, for Audrey Hepburn, personally, i think Roman Holiday, Sabrina, Wait Until Dark, Charade and My Fair Lady are also great.
Singing in the Rain is so much fun - a movie that everyone can love
Such a wonderful film! Thanks for a great reaction. I highly recommend Breakfast at Tiffanys. But it does have a glaring casting issue that sticks out like a sore thumb to audiences today. But aside from that, it’s a truly delightful film. I also think you would enjoy Charade, with Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant. It’s a clever Hitchcock-esque classic filmed on location in Paris. Funny, sexy and suspenseful.
"Charade" is wonderful. Suspenseful and funny, with some great scenery. One of my favorites.
Audrey Hepburn is always a great reason to see a movie! But I might postpone Breakfast at Tiffany's until later (that casting issue was found objectionable by at least some, even at the time), and maybe start with Royal Holiday, Charade, or Two for the Road.
@@DelGuy03 “Roman Holiday”
What casting issue re Breakfast at Tiffany’s? I need to Google that.
...of all the RUclips channels in all the towns, in all the world...
I can never watch that kissing scene without thinking of the fact that Humphrey Bogart is standing on a box. He's obviously not a tall guy.
Apparently Ingrid Bergman was frustrated because she didn't know if her character was supposed to be in love with Victor or Rick. 😅
Just another voice adding to the chorus here: You must watch "The African Queen" co-starring Katherine Hepburn.
It’s a very common misheard line in the movie because Peter Lorre’s accent…he’s not actually saying the “Letters of Transit” are signed by “General DeGaulle” which would of course be of no use either in terms of the Germans or the pro-German Vichy France Government. He’s actually saying “General Wegand”…who was the Vichy French official overseeing the Vichy French African North African territories including Casablanca.
Humphrey Bogart was 42 when they made this movie, so he wasn't that much older than the character he was playing.
After the Germans invaded France in 1940, they divided the country in two. One part was officially occupied by Germany. In the other part, they set up a puppet government centered in Vichy that was supposedly neutral in the war, but that actually was under Germany's thumb. Morocco was under the control of the Vichy government, which is where Captain Renault got his authority.
Many of the actors had fled Europe because of the war. Madeleine Lebeau, who played Yvonne, is a case in point. She and her husband fled France ahead of the Germans with the intent of going to Chile, but when they got to Mexico it was discovered that their visas were forged. They were stuck in Mexico for a while, until they were able to obtain temporary Canadian passports and used those to go to the U.S. The similarity of her situation to Yvonne's wasn't lost on her. Her tears during the singing of La Marseillaise were real.
Yes, all the cast with speaking roles are now passed. The last to go was the woman from Bulgaris. The actress passed just a few years ago.
"Charade" -- Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn.
Winner of 3 Oscars including Best Picture!
It has 3 memorable quotes:
"Round up the usual suspects."
"Here's looking at you, kid."
"Louis, I think this is the start/beginning of a beautiful friendship "
So many more than 3:
I’m shocked, shocked to find there’s gambling going on here
Just the lucky guy
Carrying charges my boy, carrying charges
Play it. If she can take I can. Play it. (Often misstated as Play it again Sam)
What watch? 10 watch. Such much? You will do beautifully in America
Vultures vultures everywhere
For special friends of Rick…
Are my eyes brown?
It wasn't that this was a French territory and not France itself. When France fell to the Nazis it was technically split in 2. There was Occupied France which of course was actually occupied and controlled by the Nazis. Then there was "Free France" that kind of had their own government and autonomy known as the Vichy government. In essence it was a puppet government that was still controlled by the Nazis. That's why, at the end, when Renault threw the bottle in the trash they focused on it. If you'll notice, it wasa bottle of Vichy water. That was the symbolism of him throwing away his ties to that government to join with Rick to fight against the Nazis.
Pre-war, Vichy was a spa town famous for its water, which is why the bottle of water was chosen.
This has to be the most quoted movie of all time.
This was a great movie. Fun to see your reactions!
A good classic movie to watch, if you haven't seen it yet, is 12 Angry Men (1957).
With your mom knowledge it’s hard to believe she never watched this movie. 2 months ago I bought 4K version and it looks beautiful. I think if we will talk about dialogues it’s the best movie ever made.
More sterling dialog can be found in the B&W movie "12 Angry Men." Henry Fonda, EG Marshall, Lee J Cobb, Martin Balsam, and more superb actors play 12 jurors in deliberation over a capital murder case. Move released in 1957. Renowned for character development, character interaction, and the power of logic and persuasion.
Conrad Veidt, who played Maj. Strasser, was a successful German actor with a Jewish wife who left Germany when Hitler came to power. In Hollywood he played a lot of Nazi villains.
There are many great Bogart movies to see. I would suggest starting with The Maltese Falcon and The African Queen. For Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight and Notorious. Another great black and white that I've never seen any reactors react to is Algiers with Hedy Lamar and Charles Boyer.
I'd love to see your reaction to Guess Who's Coming to Dinner starring Sidney Poitier, Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in his final role.
‘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…’
Unfortunately, i think modern audiences will start to find this easier and easier to comprehend in the coming years.
I recommend the classic movie, All about Eve". Very good dialogue and acting. One of my favorites.
The character of Rick was an allegory for America''s posture in the world prior to Dec. 7, 1941. Showably neutral with the America First movement trying to keep America isolationist, but helping the allies by being the arsenal of democracy. Did you catch Rick's line, "it's December 1941 amd A,erica is sleeping:? Rick pretends to be lookng out for himself, but on several occasions in the movie shows his true colors. Also, you should note the great permormances by Peter Lorre (Ugarte), Claude Reins (Renault), and Sydney Greenstreet (Ferrari). All three were prominent actors in the day.
Now that you've seen "Casablanca," watch Humphrey Bogart in "The Maltese Falcon" (1941), the original film noir/hard-boiled private eye movie. Then see Neil Simon's hilarious 1978 spoof of both of them, "The Cheap Detective," starring Peter Falk in the Bogart role.
And they should also watch Falk in Murder By Death. Fun movie.
You should watch The Philadelphia story. Another classic.
Also, 'His Girl Friday'. Both star Cary Grant. The former stars Kathrine Hepburn.
Both classics.
The themes in Casablanca are also quite fascinating if you choose to unpack it.
Rick represents America at the start of the war, and the feeling of being removed from what begun as a European war and their neutrality.
Captain Renault hints at this with his line, 'Isolationism is a wise foreign policy', which is inverted by Senior Ferari.
Ilsa represents Europe and the love between the Western world i.e. America and Europe, while Viktor Lazlo represents the beleaguered Europe fighting bravely against the forces of evil
who the Americans respected, had fought before on the same side as (recall Renault's comment about 'blundering with them into German in 1918')
yet are of two minds about helping again by the start of WWII.
Really enjoyed your reaction. New subscriber and I love Golden Age films. Suggestions: The Best Years of Our Lives, Rebecca (Hitchcock), North by Northwest, Notorious, The Philadelphia Story and Mrs. Miniver.
"Good"?
It's GREAT!
Nice reaction! I'm always in favor of more classics! Some of my favorites are Sunset Boulevard, All About Eve, Laura, and The Philadelphia Story, just to name a few. Cheers!
My favorite Audry Hepburn movie is "How to Steal a Million".
Another good Bogart Movie is "To Have and Have Not" (similar feel to Casablanca) or "The Multese Falcon " (if you're in a noir mood)
I watched The Lady from Shanghi last week....Orsen Wells and his soon to be exwife Rita Hayworth....a strange but very good film.
Another great film-lovely cinematography, sharp script by the same writer who did All About Eve and one of the greatest musical scores by Bernard Herrmann, is the romantic The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947.)
This was made during the contract studio system. You only worked for your studio unless they made deal for you to work at another studio usually for the use of another actor at the other studio.
7:20...when Casablanca was made (1942) Bogart was about 42/43 so not much older...maybe Rick had had a hard life?
As another macho movie hero once said, "It's not the years honey, it's the mileage."
I recommend Mrs Miniver for a great watch and reaction video.
"Round up the usual suspects" became the title of a great crime caper movie: The Usual Suspects. I hope you haven't sn it yet so you co a reaction. If you hav, please give the link. Thank you.
Casablanca is in Morocco. Morocco was part of French North Africa.
Ingrid Bergman was a giant star at the time of this movie. In 1950 she had an affair with film director Roberto Rossellini and became pregnant out of wedlock. At the time that was a great scandal and virtually killed her career in the US until 1956. As to Bogart, he was an established star, generally playing the tough guy in gangster films. This was the first time he got to play a romantic lead. And yes, smoking probably killed him. He died in 1957 at age 56 of esophageal cancer.
Seeing the character Berger (the ring salesman, portrayed by John Qualen) leads me to suggest to y'all a classic, highly regarded, B&W movie; Henry Fonda, John Carradine, Jane Darwell, and others star in "The Grapes of Wrath," adapted from the Steinbeck novel. Very moving film.
Yes seems none of these reactors are watching Grapes of Wrath...they have no clue what a classic is....Jim Carey? I think not!
When still-married Ingrid Bergman had her very-public affair with Rosellini it was a huge scandal.
It was good? It's a masterpiece.
For a classic film that is less well known but very much worth a watch, I'd like to recommend Ugly, Dirty And Bad (Brutti, sporchi e cattivi) by Ettore Scola (1976), about a particularly scummy family living in a shantytown on the outskirts of Rome.
The French in Morocco acted as a protectorate for its inhabitants…although the Nazi’s did occupy France but since it was improbable to occupy the entire country..so the Nazi’s had set up a Vichy regime (ones who sided with the Nazi’s..like if they had a choice) to govern the southern part of France.
Many of the main extras, who had lines, were people who had escaped from the Germans. So, when they sang the French National Anthem, you saw tears. I would like to add "The Quiet Man" to your list, along with "The Thin Man" series.
Conrad Veidt, who played Major Strasser, said he would play the part only if they gave the character no redeeming features whatsoever,
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I 1st saw this at the age of 10 in an underground movie theatre. In the 70's I am happy they were showing a real to real and not being perverts. Reel to Reel the best
Conrad Veidt, who played Major Strasser, was an outspoken anti-Nazi even before they came into power. He and his wife -- his Jewish wife -- fled to America, where he realized he'd probably end up playing a lot of Nazi roles. For every such role, he put a clause in his contract that the character would be a complete and utter villain without a single redeeming virtue.
Another cool classic movie is 12 angry men.
Please watch LAURA, THE APARTMENT and STAGE DOOR!
Your mother will like another great movie of Ingrid Bergman, based on a true story:
The Inn of the Six Happiness, playing in China before WW II
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No one does a reaction to good ole movies. Arsnic and Ole lace I hope is next...lol
❤❤❤that film.
Why are the French greeting the Nazis?: southern and northern France were quite different both culturally and linguistically. Note: I have no idea if it’s still like this.
When the Germans conquered France the southern part of the country was allowed some autonomy under what was called the Vichy government. This also included France’s colonies of Algeria and Morocco in northwest Africa.
This cooperation was viewed as a betrayal by other Allied nations including and especially, northern France.
Casablanca was shot when the war was far from decided and two scenes were included as a jab against the Vichy government.
1: at the beginning the man is shot and dies next to an image of Petain, the President of Vichy.
2: at the end when Louis has decided which side he is on he pours a glass of bottled water, then realizes it’s from Vichy and tosses it in the garbage.
Unoccupied France, the southern portion, signed a peace treaty (or some sort of agreement) with Germany which occupied the Northern half, including Paris - a agreement to stop the fighting. A new French government was set up in the town of Vichy. The French colonies remained in Vichy control (except those occupied by Japan). A paper signed by General de Gaulle, the head of the French government in exile in London would have no authority in Vichy France, so the letters of transit plot element makes no sense.
It’s a commonly misheard line in the movie…he does don’t actually say “DeGalle” he actually is saying “Gamelin” who was Minister in the a Vichy Government.
@@ChicagoDB The argument is that Ugarte says "Weygand' not DeGaulle or Gameliln. Which ultimately is still neither here nor there because what is clear throughout is that, for all practical purposes, they *can be* questioned, particularly since their provenance implicates the possessor in murder..
One of my favorite Humphrey Bogarde movies is The African Queen with Audrey Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn. Bogart starred with Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina, another great film.
@@johnmoreland6089 oh you’re right, I don’t know why I was thinking Audrey. Katherine was the best.
Conrad Veidt, who played Major Strasser, was a huge silent movie star and was offered the chance by the Nazis to stay and work in Germany for them, but only if he divorced his Jewish wife. Instead, he changed his religion to Jewish on all his official documents, in solidarity with his wife, and fled to the UK.
For the rest of his career, he donated large proportions of his wages to the British War Effort. He absolutely hated the Nazis and only agreed to play Strasser as long as he had no redeeming qualities what so ever. Unfortunately, he died suddenly shortly after Casablanca was released.
12:08...Renault doesn't put on an air of dry, witty sophistication, he's played by an Englishman (Claude Rains) so it's all entirely genuine. Also Renault is by far my favourite character 🥰
You realize it's film character, right? And you're not seeing much in the the way of dry, witty sophistication amongst the English anymore. Oh right, there's Russell Brand 😉
@@Hexon66 Well I'm dry, witty & sophisticated...and I think RB is probably Welsh 😉😊🤣
@@Hexon66 Oh and of course I realised Renault is a character, that's why I said he was 'played' by Claude Rains 😉😉
The Vichy French were not opposed to the Germans per se, the rest of France were, its like two different factions in France. So, Germany were trying t be clever, if we allow the Vichy contingent "self rule" (wink wink) then the other countries we go up against may just refuse to fight and say lets us rule ourselves also. But, for all intense purposes, as you saw, the Nazis ruled Vichy France and all of their territories. Those who collaborated with Germany were tried and hanged in some cases, or shamed, they cut off the women's hair as a mark on them, thus they carried a stigma with them.
And now Vichy France is understood a *wee* bit.
Do you do any reactions with your wife?
Answering your question. When France surrendered to Nazi Germany in 1939 the surrender agreement split France in two. Paris and northern France remained part of Germany's Third Riech and Southern France became a self governed Puppet state of Germany. Also known as Vichy France. Morocco was a North African colony of Vichy France and Casablanca was a city in Morocco. The film takes place after France surrendered. Hence the Unoccupied France.
Please watch "Sabrina."
Why is the woman who OWES an explnation DEFENDED because the person to whom she owes the explanation is understandably "rude" to her?
The subtitles shouldn’t say DeGaulle they should say Wegand
Bogie is a babe.
Try The African Queen
Key Largo
All About Eve
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
Sunset Boulevard
General deGaulle makes no sense at all.. He says Weygand, and as Vichy General it's legit. Papees from DeGaulle wouldn't work at all.
2:57...I think Renault is referring to the Vichy government of Southern France 😉😊
Check your history. Only half of mainland France was occupied, the ither half was the cooperating Vichy France which governed all the French colonies, including French Morocco where the city of Casablanca was.
John Wayne in, I think, was one of his top best, The Quiet Man.
11:18...he's a Nazi and at the time his opinion actually mattered far too much unfortunately...but I understand, American pride and all that 😉
Streetcar Named Desire with Marlon Brando (the movie that made him a star).