The most wonderful thing about this scene is the reality of it. This movie was made in 1942 and the war was still raging. Almost all the extras used in this scene are real French refugees who escaped to the US. The girl playing the minor role of the character Yvonne shown crying is the famed French Actress Madeleine LeBeau, who was forced to flee Europe to the US with her Jewish Husband. Per interviews about this scene long after the movie it was said after the song finished and the people cheered there was not a dry eye on the set.
I love this film. Conrad Veidt also fled the Nazis, he had a Jewish wife and he played a very good part as Major Strasser (of The Third Reich) - ua-cam.com/video/HXuBnz6vtuI/v-deo.html
The raw emotional power that’s invoked just in this scene alone cannot be overstated. It becomes even more powerful when one realizes that Mr. Curtiz used real European refugees as extras in this here. All the nuances packed into a three minute scene; Rick’s aloof detachment melts away into focused action with one simple nod, the defiance of Victor, putting life and freedom on the line to show the Nazi’s that he and in fact the world, will not acquiesce to the forces of evil. One could write an entire dissertation on this scene alone. It’s no wonder this movie is credited with aiding in the slow swing of the pendulum of the American consciousness from isolationism to “No more”. Brilliant, even so 75 years later.
not to mention this was filmed DURING ww2. there wasn't a guarantee that the Allies were going to win or that France would be liberated from Germany. This truly was an act of defiance
@@janebruce3939 Yeah, the Australian armies and air forces were to the east, fighting west towards Tunisia. That said I’d be shocked if a few individual Australians weren’t involved in the landings towards western North Africa, either with the Americans or the British.
And symbolic of the USA's entry into the war just over a year before the film's release. For another great example of a rallying scene for another Allied power, watch Lawrence Olivier's Henry V.
I think Victor reminded Rick of who he used to be. And the more Rick interacted with Victor, the more he realized Victor is the real deal. He has a Patriot and believes in the cause he’s fighting for. Rick had forgotten how to be that person. And when Victor was willing to take a stand and didn’t care what it would’ve been for him, he definitely won ricks respect.
I love the look on Elsa’s face. At first she’s frightened for Victor’s safety. But then the expression changes to where she’s very proud of him; that even after everything he’s been through, he still has the courage to stand up for what he believes in. And he would gladly die for his beloved France.
This scene still brings tears to my eyes. It so perfectly captures the spirit of those who stood in defiance of Fascism and tyranny. France didn't surrender; it's government did. The French people kept fighting, alongside Allied soldiers, in back alleys, on rail lines, in cafes with talkative soldiers, in fields, and on the streets. They, along with other Resistance fighters in all of the Occupied Nations, fought the invaders, until they were driven out.
Some fought. Many - likely, most, the facts are fiercely debated by historians - collaborated or used the war to appropriate properties from its victims; I’m talking about art dealers, people like CoCo Chanel, and many others.
@@WilliamViets Absolute blatant lie and false. There were many resistants in France, mostly passive but also active ones. They were very few collaborators but they had the power and the german soldiers to support or lead them. Then theyre were a vast majority of French crushed by the oppression and the risk to death. You are talking about a thing that non only you have no clue about but that you based on your foreigner eyes which hasn't known this era by the inside. I am from Limousin (region of Oradour sur Glane), grand son of a basque spanish refugee... My small village in Creuse (a departement in Limousin) known the first resistant attack on rail, in july 1940 ! .. .the train of marshal Pétain was targetted, but unfortunately, the visit in Guéret took more time than expected, and the bombs exploded few minutes before the train arrived. it obliged Pétain, furious, to take a car to finish his race to Limoges for a speech. After that, Pétain ordered to install a squadron of 120 GMR (auxiliary military force) in the small village of 500 souls... Limousin has always been a socialist region with lots of socialists and communists. In Guéret, the 14th of July, there were many men who sang the marseillaise, many were arrested and some will later be arrested and deported a couple of years later without any other facts than having sang this famous 14th july 1940. can you imagine what it was to live iunder german and nazis boots ? Saying most french were collaborators is a crime and shame on you for making circulate those sort of dishonourablous lie. French like all other europeans occupied countries weren't quietly dreaming in their beds at the other side of the Atlantic. The war was a reality, visible every time, every second, not in the newspaper like most of Americans knowing about. Partisans song :
@@gonzaklo Nah, the anthems of tyrannical regimes who let millions of their own citizens die in concentration camps belong in the trash bin of history. No one would extol the virtues of the Horst-Wessel-Lied, and likewise no one should do so for the Soviet anthem.
This scene has everything ... Drama Comedy Suspense Love Watch the characters body language. They pass the scene from one to another by making eye-contact. This is the best 3 minutes that ever came out of Hollywood.
Perhaps one of the Best Films ever made. Magical and unique,great actors,papers,screenplay,music. Casablanca is an absolute Masterpiece,a treasure of the Cinema.
One of the great scenes in film history. All the tensions between the invader and the oppressed are playing out in a bar in Africa!! The arrogance of the Nazis led by Major Strasser. Played to pompous perfection by Conrad Veidt. The leader of the resistance Victor Laszlo, portrayed by the resolute Paul Henreid. Along with the Godfather, the two greatest films ever created. Including the two finest screenplays. A Masterpiece. Top Five in any list ever compiled on film classics.
1:04, Ilse looks at Victor with the light of pure love and admiration in her eyes. Perhaps the one moment she spends in Casablanca that she’s not thinking about Rick.
this is exactly why casablanca can never be replicated. the lines between art and reality blurred in this movie. try as you might, you simply can't bottle that kind of lightning with actors who aren't living it. madeleine lebeau wasn't pretending to be moved. she WAS moved. to tears, to trembling. you cannot have that kind of emotion ex nihilo, no matter how good an actor you are.
You can recognise something and not like it. I recognise the Mona Lisa, but I wouldn't give it house room. What puzzles me is why they clicked on it in the first place...
Just such a good scene. Rick and Lazlo were just arguing and hating on each other, and the Nazis having a good time was enough for them to set aside their differences to join forces to give a big ole FU to them.
The song the Germans are singing is "Die Wacht am Rhein," (Watch on the Rhine), which is about fighting off the French. Sort of an ignorant song to be singing in front of a French audience, but that was the point Major Strasser was making. It is important to note that while "La Marseillaise" is the French national anthem, its original title was "War Song of the Army of the Rhine," and the chorus which is sung particularly loudly at the end, beginning "Aux armes, citoyens!" is translated "To arms, citizens! Form your battalions! Let's march, let's march! The impure blood (of the foe) will water our fields!" A stirring call to battle not only for the French expatriate actors, but also for its American audience.
This scene is undoubtedly the best directed scene Michael Curtiz ever made, more so than any of the swashbuckling action scenes from The Adventures of Robin Hood or the patriotic musical numbers from Yankee Doodle Dandy. It’s clearly an illustration of what director dose and how to illicit an emotional response.
My favorite scene of any scene in any film! "Play #LaMarseilles" Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) is trembling! I like to think THIS is when Rick (Bogart) becomes Richard..again as he nods YES to the band and sees Victor Laszlo's impact on the People!
Absolutely. Victor reminds Rick of who he used to be. And he realizes he can’t sit the war out. He realizes he was being a petty coward while men like Victor were putting their lives on the line.
I've watched the film at least 100 times over the last 40 years and the La Marseillaise scene gives me goosebumps.... Every. Single. Time. It's Paul Henreid's finest moment in film. And he pulls it off like a boss. Starting with that look of bloodthirsty killing rage on his face as the Nazis begin to sing Watch on the Rhine. And when the crowd goes into the second verse and he's standing there stoic, yet singing his heart out with unparalleled courage... Sublime. As a side note, the scene was originally written as having the Nazis singing the Horst Wessel Song, which was an exclusively Nazi tune (Watch on the Rhine was a German patriotic song which dated back to the 1850s). But it turns out that the rights to the Horst Wessel Song were directly owned by the Nazi Party, which would mean that Warner Brothers would have had to pay royalties to the Nazis. So the earlier song was substituted as it was in the public domain.
Conrad Veidt was a superb actor, to play a character like Major Strausser so believably, when he was the farthest thing from it. Too bad he died so soon after this movie. This scene is arguably the best movie scene ever.
This scene is even more impactful if you know what the words to La Marseillase actually mean- a call to arms, for the french people to rise up and take action against the oppressive upper class even if "our impure blood quenches their fields". It was written for the french revloution, but applies perfectly to this situation as well.
A theater in the city where I'm from had a revival screening of this when I was in college. There were people in the AUDIENCE singing along during this scene!
Hermosa escena... significativa como pocas en el séptimo arte. cómo obviar que la patria no muere jamás. Armenia, Palestina, y los países que ayer eran parte de la URSS son ejemplos permanentes de ello.
Im English, even i feel the Passion of the song, especially during Rugby. But this is the embodiment of Patriotic Duty. I feel Rule of Brittania, or Land of hope and Glory, should be replace God save the Queen..........My grandfather's favourite film is this ~ Casablanca = Timeless
No one ever gave credit to Paul Henreid! This scene makes the movie. Lisa finally shows true love. So emotional and you feel it through Paul. Great actor. He had already been through so much before coming to America.😢
The acting without lines is fabulous. At 0:00, Victor's face says, "Why, you mother EFFERS! We'll just see about that!" 0:12 Elsa's says "Uh-oh, where's this going?" 0:16 "I'm not asking; I'm TELLING YOU." 0:20 Rick's says, "Hmmmm, this could be interesting!" 0:55 Elsa hyperventilates with fear about how this might end. 1:00 "Take THAT, you b@st@rds!" 1:05 "No man could possibly make me prouder to call my husband."
Actually Watch on the Rhine is a fantastic song once played repeatedly by Gustav Mahler, it's so shameful that the Nazis abused the past patriotism of many Germans and and the rich German culture for their evil purposes.
The song that the German officers sing is called "Die Wacht am Rhein"(The Watch on the Rhine) and was composed around 1840. Carl Wilhelm (* 1815 ; † 1873) is the composer, Max Schneckenburger,(*1819; †1849) wrote the text, of which several versions exist. It had the status of an unofficial national anthem in the German Empire. 1. Es braust ein Ruf wie Donnerhall, Wie Schwertgeklirr und Wogenprall: Zum Rhein, zum Rhein, zum deutschen Rhein! Wer will des Stromes Hüter sein? Refrain Lieb’ Vaterland, magst ruhig sein, Fest steht und treu die Wacht, die Wacht am Rhein! 2. Durch Hunderttausend zuckt es schnell, Und Aller Augen blitzen hell, Der deutsche Jüngling, fromm und stark, (Greef: Der Deutsche, bieder, fromm und stark,) Beschirmt die heil’ge Landesmark. 3. Er blickt hinauf in Himmelsau’n, Wo Heldengeister niederschau’n, (Greef: Wo Heldenväter niederschau’n) Und schwört mit stolzer Kampfeslust: „Du Rhein bleibst deutsch[3] wie meine Brust.“ 4. „Und ob mein Herz im Tode bricht, Wirst du doch drum ein Welscher nicht; Reich wie an Wasser deine Flut Ist Deutschland ja an Heldenblut.“ 5. „Solang ein Tropfen Blut noch glüht, Noch eine Faust den Degen zieht, Und noch ein Arm die Büchse spannt, Betritt kein Feind hier deinen Strand.“ 6. Der Schwur erschallt, die Woge rinnt, Die Fahnen flattern hoch im Wind: Zum Rhein, zum Rhein, zum deutschen Rhein! Wir Alle wollen Hüter sein! 7. So führe uns, Du bist bewährt; In Gottvertrau’n greif’ zu dem Schwert, Hoch Wilhelm! Nieder mit der Brut! Und tilg’ die Schmach mit Feindesblut! 1. A call roars like thunder, Like clash of swords and crash of waves: To the Rhine, to the Rhine, to the German Rhine! Who will be the guardian of the stream? Refrain Dear fatherland, may you be calm, Firm and true stands the watch, the watch on the Rhine! 2. Through a hundred thousand it twitches fast, And the eyes of all flash bright, The German youth, pious and strong, (Greef: The German, honest, pious and strong,) Protects the holy landmark. 3. He looks up into the heavens, Where heroic spirits look down, (Greef: Where heroic fathers look down) And swears with proud battle lust: "Thou Rhine remainest German[3] as my breast." 4. "Even if my heart breaks in death, Thou wilt not be a Welshman; Rich as the waters of thy flood Is Germany indeed in heroic blood." 5. "As long as a drop of blood still glows, Still a fist draws the sword, "And an arm that still draws a rifle, No foe shall tread upon thy shore." 6. The oath resounds, the wave runs, The flags flutter high in the wind: To the Rhine, to the Rhine, to the German Rhine! We all want to be guardians! 7. So lead us, you are tried and tested; In God's trust take up the sword, Up, William! Down with the brood! And wipe out the shame with the enemy's blood! P.S.: I like both songs.
People always talk about the scene where Rick says good bye ("Here's lookin' at you, kid.") but THIS is the greatest scene in the movie, hands down! You can't get this sort of acting these days. This was REAL, particularly since many of the cast were ACTUAL French and Europeans who had been forced to flee from the tyranny of the Nazis before it could engulf them like so many of their countrymen (the actress who was crying had REAL tears because she was French and married to a Jewish man, forcing them to leave; the "Vive la France!" bit was THROWN IN), or had already experienced their horrors before managing to find sanctuary in America. To make it even better, this was made DURING WWII, when the fighting was still going on. It wasn't known if the U.S. and the Allies would even win and France would be free, but they still did it anyway as a big🖕to Hitler and his cronies. And it all paid off as France WAS soon freed two years later. Hopefully we NEVER have something like all those years ago happen again today (I'm sure many know what I'm talking about 😔) and if, God forbid, we do, patriotism and freedom will manage to re-emerge, "maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon."
Come, children of the fatherland, The day of glory has arrived! Against us, the bloody banner Of tyranny has been raised! Do you hear, out in the fields, The howling of those fearsome soldiers? They are coming right into our midst, To slit the throats of our sons and comrades! To arms, oh citizens! Form up your battalions! March on! March on! May their impure blood Water the furrows of our fields!
You have to wonder if the actors ever got the feeling they were making something special when they were making this film. The studio had a busy schedule, and like any other business, they were just cranking them out to meet public demand...but every now and then, they’d make film that stood the test of time. Was it serendipitous, or intentional, or was it Fate....?
The most wonderful thing about this scene is the reality of it. This movie was made in 1942 and the war was still raging. Almost all the extras used in this scene are real French refugees who escaped to the US. The girl playing the minor role of the character Yvonne shown crying is the famed French Actress Madeleine LeBeau, who was forced to flee Europe to the US with her Jewish Husband. Per interviews about this scene long after the movie it was said after the song finished and the people cheered there was not a dry eye on the set.
I saw a documentary about it & it was as fascinating as the film itself
I love this film. Conrad Veidt also fled the Nazis, he had a Jewish wife and he played a very good part as Major Strasser (of The Third Reich) - ua-cam.com/video/HXuBnz6vtuI/v-deo.html
@@TellyWatcher1997 *thanks for the link*
I always cry when I rewatch this scene. This is so powerful.
@@superflower78 me too. just how powerful people singing a song together can be.
One of the GREATEST scenes in the history of cinema
La Marsigliese non è solo l'inno nazionale francese,ma è il canto della libertà di tutti popoli 👍❤️
I love how all the French all of sudden just brighten up and start singing coming together as one.
The raw emotional power that’s invoked just in this scene alone cannot be overstated. It becomes even more powerful when one realizes that Mr. Curtiz used real European refugees as extras in this here. All the nuances packed into a three minute scene; Rick’s aloof detachment melts away into focused action with one simple nod, the defiance of Victor, putting life and freedom on the line to show the Nazi’s that he and in fact the world, will not acquiesce to the forces of evil. One could write an entire dissertation on this scene alone. It’s no wonder this movie is credited with aiding in the slow swing of the pendulum of the American consciousness from isolationism to “No more”. Brilliant, even so 75 years later.
It’s my understanding that the Lindbergh and the Bund quickly wrapped themselves in the flag, hoping to avoid opprobrium and internment.
not to mention this was filmed DURING ww2. there wasn't a guarantee that the Allies were going to win or that France would be liberated from Germany. This truly was an act of defiance
I didn't know that. Fuck me . Australian soldiers never got there
@@janebruce3939 Yeah, the Australian armies and air forces were to the east, fighting west towards Tunisia. That said I’d be shocked if a few individual Australians weren’t involved in the landings towards western North Africa, either with the Americans or the British.
Love Rick's slight nod to the band. He really tried to stay out of it, but enough is enough. A turning point for his character.
And symbolic of the USA's entry into the war just over a year before the film's release.
For another great example of a rallying scene for another Allied power, watch Lawrence Olivier's Henry V.
I think Victor reminded Rick of who he used to be. And the more Rick interacted with Victor, the more he realized Victor is the real deal. He has a Patriot and believes in the cause he’s fighting for. Rick had forgotten how to be that person. And when Victor was willing to take a stand and didn’t care what it would’ve been for him, he definitely won ricks respect.
I love the look on Elsa’s face. At first she’s frightened for Victor’s safety. But then the expression changes to where she’s very proud of him; that even after everything he’s been through, he still has the courage to stand up for what he believes in. And he would gladly die for his beloved France.
Every woman should look at her man that way once in her life.
Every man should prove himself worthy of such a look once in his.
This scene still brings tears to my eyes. It so perfectly captures the spirit of those who stood in defiance of Fascism and tyranny. France didn't surrender; it's government did. The French people kept fighting, alongside Allied soldiers, in back alleys, on rail lines, in cafes with talkative soldiers, in fields, and on the streets. They, along with other Resistance fighters in all of the Occupied Nations, fought the invaders, until they were driven out.
Some fought. Many - likely, most, the facts are fiercely debated by historians - collaborated or used the war to appropriate properties from its victims; I’m talking about art dealers, people like CoCo Chanel, and many others.
Viva la france, !
Thank you Jeff for the French people 🙏
Best scene in cinema. Always brings tears
@@WilliamViets Absolute blatant lie and false. There were many resistants in France, mostly passive but also active ones. They were very few collaborators but they had the power and the german soldiers to support or lead them. Then theyre were a vast majority of French crushed by the oppression and the risk to death. You are talking about a thing that non only you have no clue about but that you based on your foreigner eyes which hasn't known this era by the inside. I am from Limousin (region of Oradour sur Glane), grand son of a basque spanish refugee... My small village in Creuse (a departement in Limousin) known the first resistant attack on rail, in july 1940 ! .. .the train of marshal Pétain was targetted, but unfortunately, the visit in Guéret took more time than expected, and the bombs exploded few minutes before the train arrived. it obliged Pétain, furious, to take a car to finish his race to Limoges for a speech. After that, Pétain ordered to install a squadron of 120 GMR (auxiliary military force) in the small village of 500 souls...
Limousin has always been a socialist region with lots of socialists and communists.
In Guéret, the 14th of July, there were many men who sang the marseillaise, many were arrested and some will later be arrested and deported a couple of years later without any other facts than having sang this famous 14th july 1940. can you imagine what it was to live iunder german and nazis boots ?
Saying most french were collaborators is a crime and shame on you for making circulate those sort of dishonourablous lie.
French like all other europeans occupied countries weren't quietly dreaming in their beds at the other side of the Atlantic. The war was a reality, visible every time, every second, not in the newspaper like most of Americans knowing about.
Partisans song :
I love that shot at 0:48 when Madeleine Lebeau is singing, those tears are REAL.🤩🤩🤩🤩
VIVE LA FRANCE!!!🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵
R.I.P Madeleine Lebeau
Merci de FRANCE LE MANS !!!!!
@@didierdumont878 et merci de l orléans
The most powerful scene in any movie that was ever made! In the face of evil, PATRIOTISM!
Of all the national anthems around the world, La Marseillaise is my favorite even though I'm not French.
Carlito El Gooner Most definitely, and I’m English!!
Cccp anthem of course
Totally agree with you 💯 .I'm English !!!!
Can agree, and I’m American.
@@gonzaklo Nah, the anthems of tyrannical regimes who let millions of their own citizens die in concentration camps belong in the trash bin of history. No one would extol the virtues of the Horst-Wessel-Lied, and likewise no one should do so for the Soviet anthem.
This scene has everything ...
Drama
Comedy
Suspense
Love
Watch the characters body language.
They pass the scene from one to another by making eye-contact.
This is the best 3 minutes that ever came out of Hollywood.
I agree one of THE greatest movie scenes if not the best
Perhaps one of the Best Films ever made.
Magical and unique,great actors,papers,screenplay,music.
Casablanca is an absolute Masterpiece,a treasure of the Cinema.
"Perhaps"? Ranks among THE greatest ever made, my friend!
Beautiful scene.. Vive la FRANCE! Vive la LIBERTÉ !!!!!! From Brasil 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
W La Francia !!!!!
Obrigado ! (from France)
I’m not French and this scene makes me go “ f### yeah France!”
One of the great scenes in film history. All the tensions between the invader and the oppressed are playing out in a bar in Africa!! The arrogance of the Nazis led by Major Strasser. Played to pompous perfection by Conrad Veidt. The leader of the resistance Victor Laszlo, portrayed by the resolute Paul Henreid. Along with the Godfather, the two greatest films ever created. Including the two finest screenplays. A Masterpiece. Top Five in any list ever compiled on film classics.
1:04, Ilse looks at Victor with the light of pure love and admiration in her eyes. Perhaps the one moment she spends in Casablanca that she’s not thinking about Rick.
And that "look" is what every man who's ever been in love dreams of seeing from his beloved! Sigh! ... just a hopeless romantic here!
Liberte! Egalite! Fraternite!
this is exactly why casablanca can never be replicated. the lines between art and reality blurred in this movie. try as you might, you simply can't bottle that kind of lightning with actors who aren't living it. madeleine lebeau wasn't pretending to be moved. she WAS moved. to tears, to trembling. you cannot have that kind of emotion ex nihilo, no matter how good an actor you are.
How 20 people didn’t like “Casablanca”? This is one of the most recognized movies ever made.
Kids these days. They're just not familiar with real classics.
You can recognise something and not like it. I recognise the Mona Lisa, but I wouldn't give it house room. What puzzles me is why they clicked on it in the first place...
I Love This I Can Watch This Over And Over Again The Woman Face When She Sing Was Magical Her Tears
That's Madeleine Lebeau, a fame French actress in the 70's
Great scene, in no small part because about half the cast and crew were refugees and expats--including director Michael Curtiz (Czech).
Curtiz était juif hongrois. Plus belle scene du film.
Hungarian
Displaced French people that fled to USA
Major Strassee looks so dejected lol
ABSOLUTELY! Actually, I can’t think of a major actor in the film outside of Bogart and Dooley Wilson (Sam) who were NOT Europeans who fled the Nazis.
Greatest PATRIOT scene in cinema!
one of the few scenes that gets me every time..I read those were real tears that some of the actors shed
Just such a good scene. Rick and Lazlo were just arguing and hating on each other, and the Nazis having a good time was enough for them to set aside their differences to join forces to give a big ole FU to them.
The song the Germans are singing is "Die Wacht am Rhein," (Watch on the Rhine), which is about fighting off the French. Sort of an ignorant song to be singing in front of a French audience, but that was the point Major Strasser was making. It is important to note that while "La Marseillaise" is the French national anthem, its original title was "War Song of the Army of the Rhine," and the chorus which is sung particularly loudly at the end, beginning "Aux armes, citoyens!" is translated "To arms, citizens! Form your battalions! Let's march, let's march! The impure blood (of the foe) will water our fields!" A stirring call to battle not only for the French expatriate actors, but also for its American audience.
This scene is undoubtedly the best directed scene Michael Curtiz ever made, more so than any of the swashbuckling action scenes from The Adventures of Robin Hood or the patriotic musical numbers from Yankee Doodle Dandy. It’s clearly an illustration of what director dose and how to illicit an emotional response.
the French really do have the best national anthem
The Chinese (PRC)can match
The Chinese(PRC) can match!
@@walternewman8317 pff not all
The French Anthem La Marseillaise means fighting and standing against Tyranny.
Its good, but Russia has the GOAT.
God, I love this scene
Just heartbreaking
Vive la France!
Vive la liberte!
Merci mon frère !
La Marseillais the best national anthem in the world,no contests. .......
My favorite scene of any scene in any film!
"Play #LaMarseilles"
Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) is trembling! I like to think THIS is when Rick (Bogart) becomes Richard..again as he nods YES to the band and sees Victor Laszlo's impact on the People!
Absolutely. Victor reminds Rick of who he used to be. And he realizes he can’t sit the war out. He realizes he was being a petty coward while men like Victor were putting their lives on the line.
Thinking of Notre Dame. I know you'll rebuild...but shed tears today.
The woman at 0:50 is the portrait of patriotism.
Greatest movie seen of all time
I've watched the film at least 100 times over the last 40 years and the La Marseillaise scene gives me goosebumps.... Every. Single. Time.
It's Paul Henreid's finest moment in film. And he pulls it off like a boss. Starting with that look of bloodthirsty killing rage on his face as the Nazis begin to sing Watch on the Rhine. And when the crowd goes into the second verse and he's standing there stoic, yet singing his heart out with unparalleled courage... Sublime.
As a side note, the scene was originally written as having the Nazis singing the Horst Wessel Song, which was an exclusively Nazi tune (Watch on the Rhine was a German patriotic song which dated back to the 1850s). But it turns out that the rights to the Horst Wessel Song were directly owned by the Nazi Party, which would mean that Warner Brothers would have had to pay royalties to the Nazis. So the earlier song was substituted as it was in the public domain.
Hong Kong just sang the Glory to Hong Kong against China anthem in IFC Mall yesterday.
Please, don't compare to this.
Nos héros d'aujourd'hui. Vive la Paix et la Liberté
Conrad Veidt was a superb actor, to play a character like Major Strausser so believably, when he was the farthest thing from it. Too bad he died so soon after this movie. This scene is arguably the best movie scene ever.
My favorite film of all time is Casablanca.❤
Always makes me cry
This scene is even more impactful if you know what the words to La Marseillase actually mean- a call to arms, for the french people to rise up and take action against the oppressive upper class even if "our impure blood quenches their fields". It was written for the french revloution, but applies perfectly to this situation as well.
Watching and posting on FB the day after the attack in Nice, France.
Greatest movie of all time.
The greatest moment in movies bar none
A theater in the city where I'm from had a revival screening of this when I was in college. There were people in the AUDIENCE singing along during this scene!
I’m not french at all but this is truly powerful.
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité!
Powerful
Viva La France! 🇫🇷🇫🇷 Proud to be a multi generational French American!
RIP Madeleine LeBeau
Incredible
Hermosa escena... significativa como pocas en el séptimo arte. cómo obviar que la patria no muere jamás. Armenia, Palestina, y los países que ayer eran parte de la URSS son ejemplos permanentes de ello.
Beutiful scene
The moment Else falls in love with him again.
You simply gotta love when the bad guys are flipped a HUGE middle finger from the resistance.
多謝謎米香港🇭🇰全體同仁㊗️平安！
平安升天👍
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Classic
Man...Ingrid was gorgeous...
A Luta continua.... ✊ Hasta La Vitoria Siempre... 🌹
Im English, even i feel the Passion of the song, especially during Rugby. But this is the embodiment of Patriotic Duty. I feel Rule of Brittania, or Land of hope and Glory, should be replace God save the Queen..........My grandfather's favourite film is this ~ Casablanca = Timeless
No one ever gave credit to Paul Henreid! This scene makes the movie. Lisa finally shows true love. So emotional and you feel it through Paul. Great actor. He had already been through so much before coming to America.😢
So powerful scene 💯
Such a great movie and a great scene!
Bergman's look was one of the finest "in love" indicators.
Fabulous to watch .
每天看到學生們這樣付出我淚流滿臉
曱甴流淚😢
唵嘛呢叭弥吽
Makes me cry
Viva la France
Viva la République !
Vive*
The acting without lines is fabulous.
At 0:00, Victor's face says, "Why, you mother EFFERS! We'll just see about that!"
0:12 Elsa's says "Uh-oh, where's this going?"
0:16 "I'm not asking; I'm TELLING YOU."
0:20 Rick's says, "Hmmmm, this could be interesting!"
0:55 Elsa hyperventilates with fear about how this might end.
1:00 "Take THAT, you b@st@rds!"
1:05 "No man could possibly make me prouder to call my husband."
Thank you Brian Kennedy. You will always be Rick to me.
Goose bumps!
Un mot : Superbe.
Actually Watch on the Rhine is a fantastic song once played repeatedly by Gustav Mahler, it's so shameful that the Nazis abused the past patriotism of many Germans and and the rich German culture for their evil purposes.
Vive La France!🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
“I am shocked, shocked! That gambling is going on in here”
Vive la resistance
It truly is a great song and makes you feel very patriotic and inspired……a shame it was interrupted by everyone singing La Marseillaise
Vive la 🇫🇷!!!!!
El orgullo de mamá ,se lo voy a llevar ❤️
No one ever wants to watch old movies with me. Fine alone
Liberte, liberte, cherie....
生命可貴🌹愛情價更高，香港🇭🇰我家的學生們為了全球華人的驕傲在受傷🤕️它是最崇高無價，謝謝您們永遠
LEADERSHIP!!!!
Que mujer más guapa mí Ingrid, todo un icono para mi
The song that the German officers sing is called "Die Wacht am Rhein"(The Watch on the Rhine) and was composed around 1840.
Carl Wilhelm (* 1815 ; † 1873) is the composer, Max Schneckenburger,(*1819; †1849) wrote the text, of which several versions exist. It had the status of an unofficial national anthem in the German Empire.
1.
Es braust ein Ruf wie Donnerhall,
Wie Schwertgeklirr und Wogenprall:
Zum Rhein, zum Rhein, zum deutschen Rhein!
Wer will des Stromes Hüter sein?
Refrain
Lieb’ Vaterland, magst ruhig sein,
Fest steht und treu die Wacht, die Wacht am Rhein!
2.
Durch Hunderttausend zuckt es schnell,
Und Aller Augen blitzen hell,
Der deutsche Jüngling, fromm und stark, (Greef: Der Deutsche, bieder, fromm und stark,)
Beschirmt die heil’ge Landesmark.
3.
Er blickt hinauf in Himmelsau’n,
Wo Heldengeister niederschau’n, (Greef: Wo Heldenväter niederschau’n)
Und schwört mit stolzer Kampfeslust:
„Du Rhein bleibst deutsch[3] wie meine Brust.“
4.
„Und ob mein Herz im Tode bricht,
Wirst du doch drum ein Welscher nicht;
Reich wie an Wasser deine Flut
Ist Deutschland ja an Heldenblut.“
5.
„Solang ein Tropfen Blut noch glüht,
Noch eine Faust den Degen zieht,
Und noch ein Arm die Büchse spannt,
Betritt kein Feind hier deinen Strand.“
6.
Der Schwur erschallt, die Woge rinnt,
Die Fahnen flattern hoch im Wind:
Zum Rhein, zum Rhein, zum deutschen Rhein!
Wir Alle wollen Hüter sein!
7.
So führe uns, Du bist bewährt;
In Gottvertrau’n greif’ zu dem Schwert,
Hoch Wilhelm! Nieder mit der Brut!
Und tilg’ die Schmach mit Feindesblut!
1.
A call roars like thunder,
Like clash of swords and crash of waves:
To the Rhine, to the Rhine, to the German Rhine!
Who will be the guardian of the stream?
Refrain
Dear fatherland, may you be calm,
Firm and true stands the watch, the watch on the Rhine!
2.
Through a hundred thousand it twitches fast,
And the eyes of all flash bright,
The German youth, pious and strong, (Greef: The German, honest, pious and strong,)
Protects the holy landmark.
3.
He looks up into the heavens,
Where heroic spirits look down, (Greef: Where heroic fathers look down)
And swears with proud battle lust:
"Thou Rhine remainest German[3] as my breast."
4.
"Even if my heart breaks in death,
Thou wilt not be a Welshman;
Rich as the waters of thy flood
Is Germany indeed in heroic blood."
5.
"As long as a drop of blood still glows,
Still a fist draws the sword,
"And an arm that still draws a rifle,
No foe shall tread upon thy shore."
6.
The oath resounds, the wave runs,
The flags flutter high in the wind:
To the Rhine, to the Rhine, to the German Rhine!
We all want to be guardians!
7.
So lead us, you are tried and tested;
In God's trust take up the sword,
Up, William! Down with the brood!
And wipe out the shame with the enemy's blood!
P.S.: I like both songs.
"La Marseillaise" defeats everyone
People always talk about the scene where Rick says good bye ("Here's lookin' at you, kid.") but THIS is the greatest scene in the movie, hands down!
You can't get this sort of acting these days. This was REAL, particularly since many of the cast were ACTUAL French and Europeans who had been forced to flee from the tyranny of the Nazis before it could engulf them like so many of their countrymen (the actress who was crying had REAL tears because she was French and married to a Jewish man, forcing them to leave; the "Vive la France!" bit was THROWN IN), or had already experienced their horrors before managing to find sanctuary in America. To make it even better, this was made DURING WWII, when the fighting was still going on. It wasn't known if the U.S. and the Allies would even win and France would be free, but they still did it anyway as a big🖕to Hitler and his cronies. And it all paid off as France WAS soon freed two years later.
Hopefully we NEVER have something like all those years ago happen again today (I'm sure many know what I'm talking about 😔) and if, God forbid, we do, patriotism and freedom will manage to re-emerge, "maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon."
The man she was married to played the croupier.
God save France from madness
In these latter days
Happy Bastille Day, 2023!
Come, children of the fatherland,
The day of glory has arrived!
Against us, the bloody banner
Of tyranny has been raised!
Do you hear, out in the fields,
The howling of those fearsome soldiers?
They are coming right into our midst,
To slit the throats of our sons and comrades!
To arms, oh citizens!
Form up your battalions!
March on! March on!
May their impure blood
Water the furrows of our fields!
+sctpoch "May OUR* impure blood" That means even if we die with an impure blood, it will waters our fields.
Baloney.
In lioght of what has happened in Paris, very moving
Il film Casablanca con Bogart e Bergman Un Capolavoro
❤
Lazslo ❤
Its in this moment you realize why Ilsa has fallen in love with Victor...
The one and only time I wished I knew la marseillaise
Longue vie à la France! Cordialement, des États-Unis
You have to wonder if the actors ever got the feeling they were making something special when they were making this film. The studio had a busy schedule, and like any other business, they were just cranking them out to meet public demand...but every now and then, they’d make film that stood the test of time. Was it serendipitous, or intentional, or was it Fate....?
👍 👏
The look on Ilsa’s face when she looks a Victor.