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Casablanca
MY FAVORITE SCENE |
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The Nazis have commandeered Sam's piano! Typical. They sing "Die Wacht am Rhein," an old German patriotic song. Will somebody rise to the bait and start a fight? |
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Rick's learned to tolerate this kind of thing ... But Victor knows a Nazi tactic of intimidation when he sees it ... |
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"Play the `Marseillaise.' -- Play it!" |
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Rick gives his permission with a silent nod. (Which, by the way, director Michael Curtiz says he shot out-of-sequence and that Bogart did not know what the nod was supposed to signify. But what do you think?) |
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First a few patrons rise to sing, then a few more, and a few more -- Allons enfants de la Patrie, Le jour de gloire est arrivé! Contre nous de la tyrannie, l'étendard sanglant est levé... |
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Ilsa does not join the singing ... She breathes heavily, as if gripped with a sudden intimation of danger, the closeness of death ... |
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Major Strasser tries to whip his men into competition with the other cafe patrons ... But they are hopelessly outnumbered! Heh heh. |
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Aux armes, citoyens, formez vos bataillons, marchons, marchons! qu'un sang impur abreuve nos sillons! |
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And a change comes over Ilsa ...It's like her fear gives way to awe ... She remembers why she fell in love with this "white knight" in the first place ... |
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Vive la France! |
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Everybody is happy! Everybody loves Victor! |
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Well, not everybody ... |
All photos © 1942 Warner Bros Pictures