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Casablanca (5 stars)

  • Source: The List (Issue 569)
  • Date: 12 February 2007 (updated 23 August 2007)
  • Written by: Paul Dale
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(U) 102min

NEW PRINT/CLASSIC

Michael Curtiz’s superb 1942 classic re-emerges from the evergreen bush in a sparkling new print (both celluloid and digital depending where you see it). Nothing much has changed - it’s war time in Algeria and cynical nightclub owner Rick (Humphrey Bogart) is still dealing with feelings of isolationism and self dependence until old love Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) turns up with her saintly resistance fighter husband Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid). There are Nazis and corrupt collaborators everywhere, especially the deeply unreliable Captain Renault (the brilliant Claude Rains) but Algeria is a neutral country, a trading point where European asylum seekers can buy travel permits so they can flee to the safer zones of the US and beyond.

Casablanca is a great movie - witty, funny, moving and compulsively entertaining. If you haven’t seen it for a while it’s freshness, modernity and odd relevance may surprise you. If you have never seen Casablanca, then this is your moment. Book now.

Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Fri 16-Thu 22 Feb only.

More: Casablanca, Classic, Claude Rains, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Michael Curtiz, Paul Henreid, Reviews (Film)

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