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Casablanca
Casablanca
8 Nominations / 3 Wins
Year 1943
Director Michael Curtiz
Writer Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, and Howard Koch
Starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains
16th Academy Awards

Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and based on the unpublished stage play "Everybody Comes to Rick's" by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison. The film stars Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid; and features Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and Dooley Wilson.

Wins

  • Best DirectorMichael Curtiz
  • Best Motion PictureWarner Bros.
  • Best ScreenplayJulius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch

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Plot[]

In World War II Casablanca, Rick Blaine, exiled American and former freedom fighter, runs the most popular nightspot in town. The cynical lone wolf Blaine comes into the possession of two valuable letters of transit. When Nazi Major Strasser arrives in Casablanca, the sycophantic police Captain Renault does what he can to please him, including detaining a Czechoslovak underground leader Victor Laszlo. Much to Rick's surprise, Lazslo arrives with Ilsa, Rick's one time love. Rick is very bitter towards Ilsa, who ran out on him in Paris, but when he learns she had good reason to, they plan to run off together again using the letters of transit. Well, that was their original plan...

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