casablanca Flashcards
Who was the director?
Michael curtz, had family die In the holocaust and escaped from the nazis saving his parents. has a biased view on the isolationism of nazis.
What is is auteur theory?
Known for doing gangsta films and ‘swashbuckler’ credited for his high unusual angles and exquisite lightings.
His films often involve romance and human interest with anti-nazi and against historical events
went to research for extensive and got arrested/
When was the film set?
Set in the year of japans attack on pearl harbour Americans entry into ww2
credited by jack Warner
What has the film got with refugees?
jewish refugees travelling from Europe to America trying to get new life, a lot of directors an studio helpers are jewish which provides sympathy- Conrad veldt
What did David Thompson the new biological research say?
“Seems to have been intoxicated by Americana in those war years…melodrama and sentimentally so searingly effective.. nostalgia for the 1940s’.
What type of film is it?
Hodge-podge doomed romance wartime drama- 1942 American romantic drama war film
critique of isolationism wartime solidarity
Where was the films original setting?
Lisbon- but would have been boring
When was the film meant to be set?
meant to be set in 1943 but was rushed due to coincide with real life events- the invasion of north Africa casaba;cna
How did the actors have personal experiences of the war?
The waiter- carl lost 3 sisters in a concentration camp and was jewish-hungarian
Helmut danine- bulgarian roulette player was in a concentration camp after he was freed he Fled and left Europe
Conrad Veidt, who played Major Heinrich Strasser, was a German film star and refugee, and even though he fled the Nazis, he was often cast as a Nazi in American films.
What dd the 1942 New York times say bout the film?
We will tell you that Michael Curtiz has directed for slow suspense and that his camera is always conveying grim tension and uncertainty.
Why didn’t ilsa want to be an actor in this film?
She only did this film due to not being granted a prime role in
Bergman took the part of Ilsa only because she was initially denied a role she really wanted, the female lead in Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls
Why didn’t Bogart want to act in this film?
Acted in four other films in 1942 and disliked Casablanca the most
Who was the music composer?
Max steiner- as time goes by
what is the Vichy?
The combination of the French and the nazis between 1940-1944, a regime that took place in France.
the French government had to pay the nazis money to let them arrest whomever they wanted; the nazis telling Isla and Bogart to leave Paris
many French people saw this as betrayal and hence why a lot of people joined the French resistance
Who are the resistance?
The people on the other side to the vinchy; they worked with the allies and gathered information with a lot of risk; Victor Laszlo, a Czech national,
Strasser- nazi
