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Poster for the film “Casablanca”.
Curious facts about the film Casablanca
Few people know that the film is based on the play “Everyone Comes to Rick’s Cafe” by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison, which was never performed. At that time, the rights to the work were purchased for $20,000. This is the highest price ever paid for an unperformed theatrical work.
Although many believe that the film was shot in Morocco, the truth is that 90% of the filming took place in studios in California. Only one scene was filmed on location, the scene that took place at Van Nuys Airport in California.
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Cast of the film “Casablanca”.
Another strange fact about this film is that the director Michael Curtiz and the production team had major problems with the height Ingrid Bergmannsince the actress was taller than Humphrey Bogart. It exceeded him by almost 5 centimeters, so director Curtiz had to lift the actor on bricks or sit him on pillows in the scenes in which they appeared together.
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As a final piece of information, we can mention that in 1997 the American Film Institute, after surveying 1,500 experts in American cinematography, “White House” is on their list as the second best American film of all time, behind only “Citizen Kane.”
Where can you see the film “Casablanca”?
Currently, the HBO Max platform is one of the few that supports the film “White House“.