Classic Movies

 

Casablanca, a 1942 American romantic drama directed by Michael Curtiz is widely regarded as the best Hollywood movie of all time . The plot revolves around refugees trapped in Vichy French controlled Casablanca, in Morocco trying to escape Hitler. Central to the story is Rick played by Humphrey Bogart, a cynical club owner of Rick’s Cafe, a former lover Llsa, played by the legendary Ingrid Bergman and her husband Victor Laszio, played by Paul Henreid. Laszio a resistance leader is being tailed by the German High Command. He and Llsa are trying to escape Casablanca, and the one person who can make it happen is Rick, if he can get over the heartbreak of his affair with Llsa in Paris.