When I first saw Casablanca that scene got something in me I couldn't explain, I was almost trembling. I know it sounds a bit hokey, but really like the weight of history is captured in that...
When I first saw Casablanca that scene got something in me I couldn't explain, I was almost trembling. I know it sounds a bit hokey, but really like the weight of history is captured in that scene. I knew of course that it was filmed during WW2, but only later learned that many of the actors on screen were French refugees and especially the closeup of Madeline Lebeau tells everything. This is not acting in a film, but a historic document of what people were fighting for.
Filming began in May 1942 and the film was released in January 1943, at which point German forces had only just begun to lose control of their territorial gains across the European continent. Just...
Filming began in May 1942 and the film was released in January 1943, at which point German forces had only just begun to lose control of their territorial gains across the European continent.
Just over two years later, on the 8th of May, 1945, the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany was put into effect, and fascism in Europe was defeated for generations.
When I first saw Casablanca that scene got something in me I couldn't explain, I was almost trembling. I know it sounds a bit hokey, but really like the weight of history is captured in that scene. I knew of course that it was filmed during WW2, but only later learned that many of the actors on screen were French refugees and especially the closeup of Madeline Lebeau tells everything. This is not acting in a film, but a historic document of what people were fighting for.
Filming began in May 1942 and the film was released in January 1943, at which point German forces had only just begun to lose control of their territorial gains across the European continent.
Just over two years later, on the 8th of May, 1945, the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany was put into effect, and fascism in Europe was defeated for generations.