Casablanca
1942 film by Michael Curtiz · Released November 26, 1942
Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid. Filmed and set during World War II, it focuses on an American expatriate (Bogart) who must choose between his love for a woman (Bergman) and helping her husband (Henreid), a Czechoslovak resistance leader, escape from the Vichy-controlled city of Casablanca to continue his fight against the Nazis. The screenplay is based on Everybody Comes to Rick's, an unproduced stage play by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison. The supporting cast features Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and Dooley Wilson.
Cast ages when filming began (May 25, 1942)
- Humphrey Bogart, as Rick Blaine: 42
- Ingrid Bergman, as Ilsa Lund: 26
- Paul Henreid, as Victor Laszlo: 34
- Claude Rains, as Captain Louis Renault: 52
- Conrad Veidt, as Major Heinrich Strasser: 49
- Sydney Greenstreet, as Signor Ferrari: 62
- Peter Lorre, as Signor Ugarte: 37
- S. Z. Sakall, as Carl: 59
- Madeleine LeBeau, as Yvonne: 18
- Dooley Wilson, as Sam: 56
- Joy Page, as Annina Brandel: 17
- Helmut Dantine, as Jan Brandel: 24
- John Qualen, as Berger: 42
- Frank Puglia, as a Moroccan rug merchant: 50
- Leonid Kinskey, as Sascha: 39
- Curt Bois, as Pickpocket: 41
- Ludwig Stössel: 59
- Trude Berliner: 39
- Louis V. Arco: 42
- Marcel Dalio, as Emil the croupier: 41
- Hans Heinrich von Twardowski: 44
- Dan Seymour, as Abdul the doorman: 27