Drama · Romance
American
1942 · Directed by Michael Curtiz · 102 min
Casablanca, December 1941: a neutral outpost where refugees wait for scarce exit papers and everyone passes through one nightclub. Its American owner insists he takes no sides, until a woman from his past walks in. A romance, a thriller and a wartime fable in one.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining film of the Hollywood studio era and of wartime American cinema, showing how genre formula, topical politics and star charisma could be fused into a single, unusually cohesive entertainment.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a machine for making an enclosed room feel like the whole world: everyone's story arrives at one nightclub.
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