Casablanca (1942) Warner Brothers Directed by: Screenplay: Michael Curtiz Howard Koch (from the play Everybody Comes to Rick’s) Tagline: They had a date with fate in Casablanca! Starring: Humphrey Bogart Ingrid Bergman Paul Heinreid Claude Rains Conrad Veidt Dooley Wilson Plot: Rick Blaine Ilsa Lund Victor Lund Captain Renault Major Strasser Sam Rick Blaine, a callous expatriate nightclub owner in a wartime way station, has his world turned upside down when his lost love, Ilsa, returns. Rick has vowed to stay neutral and uninvolved in the anti-Nazi activities that surround him in Casablanca, but his love for Ilsa may force him to take sides and become involved. Symbolism: 1. Rick symbolizes America, with his desire to remain neutral in World War II … note his solitary tendencies. 2. Searchlight symbolizes the ever-present Nazis 3. Vichy Water (at end) symbolizes the corrupt Vichy French government who were aligned with Nazi’s.