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1943 · 102 min · PG

Casablanca

Directed by Michael Curtiz · Drama, Romance

Casablanca (1943) is a Drama film, directed by Michael Curtiz set in Casablanca during the 1940s. It runs 102 minutes and is rated PG.

A espionage, with a romantic and melancholic tone. Themes of love & longing, war's cost, and freedom & oppression run throughout.

Composer
Max Steiner
Cinematography
Arthur Edeson
Cast
Humphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul HenreidClaude RainsConrad VeidtSydney GreenstreetPeter LorreS.Z. Sakall

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Casablanca
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Premise & themes

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RomanticMelancholicTense

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Talky Dialogue Driven
Based on
Pure Fiction
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