Casablanca | An Unlikely Classic: Behind The Scenes | Warner Bros. Entertainment

Take a look at the creation of Casablanca in this short documentary which features commentary from directors Steven Spielberg, William Friedkin, and more!

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About Casablanca:
Academy Award winners Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman light up the screen in one of the most enduring romances in movie history--Casablanca. Rick Blaine (Bogart) owns a nightclub in Vichy-controlled Casablanca, frequented by refugees desperate to escape German domination. Despite the ever-present human misery, Rick manages to remain uninvolved in World War II now raging across Europe and Northern Africa. But all that changes when Ilsa Lund (Bergman) walks through the front door of Rick's club. Rick must now choose between a life with the woman he loves and becoming the hero that both she and the world need.​

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[dlb]

With 85 years of experience this is my favorite movie.

[janebeckman]

Those shutters and the effects they mentioned were the idea of my father, John Beckman, who worked uncredited on much of the art direction. (It was also his idea to use the Burbank airport.) His contributions to Casablanca and other earlier films were finally acknowledged when he was inducted into the Art Director's Hall of Fame.

[volache]

I m French, from the first time I watched Casablanca I was taken away, since then everytime i watch the film my emotion is intact my father served in the French navy La Royale and was made prisoner by the Germans in Dunkirk in 1940 , every time my eyes get misty Dad how often i think of you All my love JMarc

[annaquinn]

The scene when Paul Henried gets every one singing La Marseillaise still bring tears to my eyes

[ceciliaflorencenapier]

No one seems to understand that in 1941 the Allies we’re losing the war. I was in the cinema watching Casablanca, everything German was disliked! I loved the film along with everyone else. It showed hope for our future against evil. We all cheered when the story showed goodness winning.
It was a terrible time for us! Casablanca helped. We left the cinema feeling we had a future. Thanks

[racheysdad]

Worked many years ago on the Warner Bros. lot. Spent many lunch breaks just walking around and reading all the plaques at the entrance of the stages listing some of the movies flimed on it. When I got to one and it listed Casablanca, my jaw dropped. And even though the stage was just filled with lumber and other construction materials, I just walked around trying to imagine Bogart and Bergman fliming their scenes.

[davidw]

How can you ignore the contributions of Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet? The scenes with them are fantastic.

[marksinger]

The whole flick revolves around Claude Raines character and the anticipation of just what he will do in the building confrontation with the Germans..He was superb as usual..

[bweiman]

This has been my favorite movie for the past 40 years. I can still watch it back to back and still get that tingle.

[danbernstein]

It is simply the best movie ever made. Period. The cast, the director, the rushed feeling of the dialogue, and the relevancy of the tone and plot . And of course, the fact that for many of the cast and crew it was real life.

[paulshawley]

Possibly my all-time favourite movie and always in my top 10. The cafe scene and the singing of La Marseillaise is so incredibly moving and uplifting.

[alphascentar]

"We'll always have Paris". I know of all the tech reasons for this is such a great film, but I think the best reason for why so many people love this film is the following. I think most people have had a great love that was lost for some reason or another, leaving behind a great unhealed wound. This story about such a great love that in a weird way that was somehow resolved and the wound healed, is what everyone dreams of, and the line "We'll always have Paris" sums it all up. But then, what do I know.

[billbright]

Ingrid was one of handful of women who are luminous.

It cannot be quantified or categorized it’s simply magical.

[caniacstevehenderson]

My departed wife & I love that movie and even watching this made me cry & use a half a box of tissue, , , , thank you for the memories ❤❤❤

[aislinnkeilah]

An impeccable production - there were no bit actors. The acting, direction, cinematography, set design, writing, costumes. Perfect. Absolutely perfect.

[MemphiStig]

Nobody ever told me this film was great, and that I had to think so. i just saw it one day, and I fell in love. It's a perfect movie in every way. And this is a great doc showing why.

[kenowens]

One of the most emotional scenes in movie history was the singing of the La Marseillaise in the nightclub. What is mostly not known is that many of the extras had just come from Europe. And Miss LeBeau, the young woman, had just escaped from France. So, her tears and the pain in her heart during the singing are real.

[stillstanding]

I've seen this film dozens of times. It never gets old. I always tear-up at the end. Arguably, the greatest American film.

[chrissnuggs]

Bergman is divine, and there'll never be another Bogart. The entire cast was perfect.

[Pancito]

I never get tired of watching this movie.