Fritz Bauer Institut · Cinematography of the Holocaust
ID |
FBW000109 Fiction |
Country / Year |
USA, 1942 |
Original Title |
Casablanca |
Other Title(s) |
Casablanca (German) |
Directed by |
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Produced by |
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., Burbank, CA / New York, NY |
Staff |
Producer: Hal B. Wallis; Executive producer: Jack L. Warner; Associate producer: Jerry Wald; Production manager: Steve Trilling; Production manager: Tennant C. Wright (als: Tenny Wright); Location manager: Al Alleborn; Dialoge direction: Hugh MacMullan; Assistent director: Lee Katz, George Tobin; Continuity: Alma Dwight; Script: Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch, Casey Robinson, Albert Maltz; Based on: Murray Burnett ("Everybody Comes to Rick's" / Bühnenstück), Joan Alison ("Everybody Comes to Rick's" / Bühnenstück); Script, var: Lenore Coffee (Beratung), Aeneas Mackenzie (Treatment), Wally Kline (Treatment); Camera: Arthur Edeson; Special optical effects: Lawrence W. Butler, Willard Van Enger; Lighting: William Conger; Best boy: William Studeman; Editing: Owen Marks; Montage: Don Siegel, James Leicester; Sound: Francis J. Scheid; Art direction: Carl Jules Weyl; Technical consultant: Robert Aisner; Grip: E.F. Dexter; Set decoration: George James Hopkins; Props: Herbert "Limey" Plews, Don Turner (Assistenz); Costumes: Orry-Kelly; Wardrobe: Marie Blanchard (Frauen), Leon Roberts (Männer); Makeup: Perc Westmore, Frank McCoy; Haidressing: Jean Burt; Music: Max Steiner; Musical direction: Leo F. Forbstein; Musical arrangements: Hugo Friedhofer; Songs: Herman Hupfeld ("As Time Goes By"), Moe K. Jerome ("Knock on Wood", "That's what Noah Done", "Muse's Call"), Jack Scholl ("Knock on Wood", "That's what Noah Done", "Muse's Call"), Ford Dabney ("Shine"), Cecil Mack ("Shine"), Isham Jones ("It Had to Be You"); Lyrics: Herman Hupfeld ("As Time Goes By"), Moe K. Jerome ("Knock on Wood", "That's what Noah Done", "Muse's Call"), Jack Scholl ("Knock on Wood", "That's what Noah Done", "Muse's Call"), Ford Dabney ("Shine"), Cecil Mack ("Shine"), Gus Kahn ("It Had to Be You"); Songs, var: Frank Perkins (Arrangements); Solist: Elliot Carpenter (Piano für Dooley Wilson); Voice: Lou Marcelle; Double: Betty Brooks (für Ingrid Bergman), Russ Lewellyn (für Humphrey Bogart) |
Cast |
Humphrey Bogart (Richard "Rick" Blaine); Ingrid Bergman (Ilsa Lund Laszlo); Paul Henreid (Victor Laszlo); Claude Rains (Captain Louis Renault, Prefect of Police); Conrad Veidt (Major Heinrich Strasser); Sydney Greenstreet (Senor Ferrari, Black Marketeer and Owner of Blue Parrot Cafe); Peter Lorre (Ugarte); Szöke Szakall (als: S.K. Sakall) (Carl, Headwaiter); Madeleine LeBeau (Yvonne); Dooley Wilson (Sam); Joy Page (Annina Brandel); John Qualen (Berger, Norwegian Jewler/Underground Member); Leonid Kinskey (Sascha, Bartender at Rick's Cafe); Curt Bois (Pickpocket); Helmut Dantine (Jan Brandel); Marcel Dalio (Emil, the Groupier); Corinne Mura (Singer); Ludwig Stoessel (als: Ludwig Stossel) (Mr. Leuchtag); Ilka Grüning (als: Ilka Gruning) (Mrs. Leuchtag); Charles La Torre (Captain Tonelli); Frank Puglia (Arab Vendor); Dan Seymour (Abdul, Rick's Doorman); George Meeker (Friend); Gregory Gaye (German Banker); William Edmunds (Contact); Torben Meyer (Banker); Gino Corrado (Waiter); George Dee (Casselle); Leo Mostovoy (Fydor); Richard Révy (als: Richard Ryen) (Heinz, German Soldier); Martin Garralaga (Headwaiter); Olaf Hytten (Prosperous Man); Monte Blue (American); Michael Mark (Vendor); Leon Belasco (Dealer); Paul Porcasi (Native); Hans Heinrich von Twardowski (German Officer); Alberto Morin (als: Albert Morin) (French Officer); Creighton Hale (Customer); Henry Rowland (German Officer); Norma Varden (Englishwoman); Oliver Blake (als: Oliver Prickett) (Waiter at the Blue Parrot); Louis Mercier (Smuggler); Jean Del Val (Radio Operator); Wolfgang Zilzer (Man with expired papers); Trude Berliner (Baccarat Player); Dina Smirnova; Paul Panzer |
Length |
2804 m / 102'30'' |
Format |
35mm/sw/1:1,37 |
Dates |
- 24 May 1942-03 Aug 1942: Shooting period |
Remarks |
1. In der BRD wird 1952 eine Fassung in den Kinos gestartet, welche durch Kürzungen und Synchronisation eine der Originalfassung gegenüber Fälschung darstellt. Eine neue, der Originalfassung entsprechende Synchronisation, wird am 05.10.1975 von der ARD erstaufgeführt. |
Further Remarks |
- Zensurlänge, BRD: 2236 m / 82' |
Abstract |
In 1941, all of the refugees from German-occupied European countries meet in Casablanca in French Morocco which is under the control of Vichy`s government in collaboration with the Nazis. However Casablanca remains a springboard to Lisbon and America. The black market of travel documents thrives. Rick Blaine, the owner of a night club meets his true love Ilsa Lund again whose escape he aids, along with her husband, Victor Laszlo, a hunted resistance fighter. |
Subject Terms |
Anti-Nazi films (US); Emigration; Exile films; France; Paris; Résistance; Resistance |
Holdings |
- Kinemathek Hamburg, Hamburg |
Bibliography |
- Kafka, Hans: "Hollywood Calling"., in: Aufbau (New York, NY), Jg. 8, Nr. 16, 17.04.1942 |