Casablanca (1944)

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Movie review: Casablanca
Introduction: Casablanca was a romantic and a politically based propaganda film back in the in the 1940s during the World War 2 era. How can a love story between two-star Actors in a very dangerous environment promote propaganda? The film was directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by the American film company Warner Brothers.
Plot:
The love triangle between Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogaiti) an American who owns a prestigious Nightclub in the political influential Casablanca finds out that his former Lover Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) is in Casablanca. Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid) husband to Ilsa is a framed rebel whom the Germans are after, and his only hope are the Letters of transit that Rick that can save him.
The mood depicted is as the film begins is very Tense, as represented by the three different types of color tones on the relief map of Africa. There is a sequence of tones namely: light, middle and dark. The light tone was symbolic of Allied forces, Middle stood for neutral, and Dark stood for the Axis powers.
It’s important to notice that there is a turbulence of the Nazi regime and the commencing of world war two since hundreds of refugees flee their countries to escape the Nazis. From the open Air market, the level of tension in Casablanca is high. We see a person being shot by the police because of having expired legal documents and others are trying to gamble their way out by winni…