CASABLANCA - Marseillaise

Come definire la magica alchimia capace di trasformare
una striscia di inerte celluloide in un frammento d'eternità?
Proprio non saprei, ma a volte anche una reliquia artistica
puo' tornare utile come semplice segnalibro da interporre
fra memoria e dimenticanza per stigmatizzare l'intollerabile
proliferazione di canali neo-nazisti su yt.
La stessa Google tollera, o comunque non vi pone freno,
piu' o meno consapevolmente, l'infame propaganda
degli squallidi epigoni di quella sciagurata ideologia.
Non che la vigliaccheria di qualche fanatico coniglio nero
nascosto dietro una anonima tastiera faccia paura ad alcuno,
ma tirare lo sciacquone di tanto in tanto non sarebbe una cattiva idea.

[@markmarderosian9657]

I love the anger on Paul Henreid's face when he comes out of the room and sees what's going on. You can just see how much he despises these bullies and their swagger.

[@helenanderson9258]

I’m a 75 year old American and the French National Anthem makes me cry every time! Bogarts greatest film, Viva La. France!!!

[@loririlling2538]

Viva La Marseillaise! Merci

[@mercian7]

Your Soul demands it.

[@rogerhwerner6997]

Anyone suggesting a change from FRENCH fries to freedom fries was no patriot but a fucking sheep.

[@mercian7]

@@rogerhwerner6997 Love it!

[@lynnmeyers8433]

I thought THE AFRICAN QUEEN was & THE MALTESE FALCON were pretty good! He made a lot of good films.

[@timdowney6721]

Watching Ingrid Bergman.....a sublime performance. The conflicting mix of fear, admiration, and love for an heroic man.....even as her heart is drawn in two directions.

[@Gman6755]

Bravo on your perfect comment!!

[@Dagobert1234]

„ If you do not stand for something you will fall for anything“ that’s the core essence of the scene and how common and ordinary people can make a difference. Thank you for uploading

[@danbernstein4694]

The best two minutes in the history of motion pictures.

[@c.johnson1691]

One of the most moving scenes ever filmed. It brings tears to my eyes every time I see it.

[@luislaplume8261]

Check out my comment above in the comments section about that!

[@santar21]

Vive La France... Liberté, égalité, fraternité (Liberdade, igualdade e Fraternidade)... vive la Revolucion...

[@mackiemesser9319]

I haver watched this scene dozens of time and it NEVER fails to give me goosebumps - NEVER.

[@DogbiteW]

Ingrid Bergman's exquisite face in that close-up is a brilliant piece of subtle acting.

[@stephaniestanley8041]

Play it...the entire cast and crew dissolved into tears.

[@65tosspowertrapl36]

Me too!

[@guylewis7418]

Glad to know I’m not the only one! I’m not even French!

[@CrimsonRaven51]

I’m with you on that 100%.

[@rnstoo1]

Brings tears to the eyes of people who are not even French. When they reach that crescendo of "Aux armes citoyens" it is so strirring

[@mercian7]

0:58 it certainly does, I have tears in my eyes.

[@robertneven7563]

vive la France, un Belge

[@felix25ize]

@@robertneven7563 Vive la Belgique,un français

[@mercian7]

@@felix25ize Vive la Belgique,un français..respect Un Anglais.

[@cruscante]

Right. And last week, while in Paris I saw a panel on a srteet reading "AUX MASQUES CITOYENS!"

[@anthonywalsh785]

still after now 80 years, the greatest movie ever made.

[@samuraijack2840]

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. 

[@frankkoester847]

Even the actors playing Victor Laszlo and Major Strasser, were in fact ....Germans.

[@ManuelaHertel]

Paul Henreid was not a German actor, he was born in Trieste in 1908 which belonged to Austro-Hungary at that time. But he was in fact a refugee as was Conrad Veidt (the actor who played Major Strasser) who emigrated together with his Jewish wife. Peter Lorre (Ugarte), Curt Bois (the pickpocket), S. Z. Sakall (Carl, the head waiter), Ilka Grüning and Ludwig Stössel (Herr and Frau Leuchtag), Helmut Dantine (the Bulgarian refugee Jan Brandel), Marcel Dalio (Èmile, the croupier), Hans-Heinrich von Twardowski (the German officer who wants to have a drink together with Yvonne) and Wolfgang Zilzer (the man with the outdated passport who is shoot at the beginning of the movie) are some other actors who were forced to leave their home countries because of the inhumanity of German Nazism. This certainly is one of the many reasons that make "Casablanca" not only a timeless classic but also the most realistic film against the barbarity of Nazism. This unforgettable, deeply moving scene is definitely the climax of the whole film. (Incidentally I'm German.)

[@None-zc5vg]

@@frankkoester847 Paul Henried was from a rich Austrian Jewish banking family: many of the 'French' extras were also Jewish, having reached the U.S. from France and Germany. Conrad Veidt, who played Strasser, was a 'real' German but his wife was Jewish (Veidt died on a golf course a year later, aged 50).

[@johnpurcellpurcell5207]

Its 2020 im 81 and it brought me to tears today! Vive la France!

[@allenjenkins7947]

@@ManuelaHertel I agree with almost everything you say, except that I consider the climax of the film to be the final line "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.".

[@edfuller6581]

Anger, fear, courage and resolve all displayed in honest, raw emotion. My parents said the movie audience in Los Angeles burst into cheers and applause at this scene. We must have watched this twenty times growing up in the 1960's.

[@samibitoon5839]

One detail is magnificent and touching: Let us remember, with honour, Madeleine Lebeau, at 1:21 and again at 1:52. Barely 20 years old, she had just fled her native but Nazi-occupied France with her Jewish husband and had begun a career in Hollywood. Her tears and vehemence in this scene are fully genuine and are not acting at all.

[@nancysoboluesky2145]

She was the last actor/actress in the movie to die. (at least in the credits)

[@nancysoboluesky2145]

She was Rick's girlfriend in the beginning of the movie. Rick stood her up and did not want to bother with her anymore.

[@None-zc5vg]

'Her Jewish husband' soon dumped her, n-est-ce pas?

[@nancysoboluesky2145]

@@None-zc5vg I did a google search for her. Her husband filed for divorce on grounds of spouse desertion. She did not get married again until many years later and died in France some years ago.

[@nancysoboluesky2145]

She actually died in 2016, which is not long ago. She was very young in that movie.

[@lescobrandon3047]

My favorite scene during the greatest film I have ever seen. As a professional photographer, the lighting and direction - that is what made it the best.

[@gregorylevine1850]

Michael Curtiz drove Warner insane with his perfectionism -- yet here's the result, this brilliant tapestry we can still admire and learn from in 2021.

[@carlosomar57]

Yo tengo esa pelicula pero.a color es impresionante pelicula

[@jameshood1928]

Probably the best movie of all time. Bogart is great. Bergman and Raines as well. Very memorable scene. The movie was made during WW2 and was very significant at the time. Won the Oscar.

[@Jaafar001]

Probably the best movie of all time? haha bro you are just under dopamine effect ... it s an ordinary movie

[@notaverygoodhost]

Michael Curtiz didn't realize it until the scene was happening, but most of the extras, if not all, were refugees of the Nazis in Europe. This scene really meant more than meets the eye which adds another level of power to the scene

[@jefffeucht1577]

They really caught lightning in a bottle when they made this film. Great actors, writers, set decorators, everything. The best film ever made in my opinion.

[@capnbobretired]

Lightning in a bottle.

[@dougbrowne9890]

Yes, propaganda can make one deny reality, real easy.

[@saltriverpirate3172]

You are correct

[@fabiopaolobarbieri2286]

There was a reason. The actor who played the Russian barman (and who was actually American born and bred), said that he looked around and realized that more than half of the people on stage, actors, and stage hands, were refugees from Europe. The director was Hungarian; the female lead was Norwegian, the second male lead was Austrian; even the actors who played the Nazi occupiers were Germans who had fled the horror of their country. Everyone was committed, for the best of reasons. Everyone gave everything they had. Conrad Veidt gave a spectacularly perfect Prussian bully, as he knew them from national experience, when many other movies of the time overblew them or made them into unconvincing buffoons.

[@jefffeucht1577]

@@fabiopaolobarbieri2286 That’s a very interesting point of view. I never really thought of it that way. Based on that everyone was fully vested.

[@luishumbertovega3900]

Something that made this scene even more dramatic is the fact that most of the actors and extras were real life exiles and refugees who had escaped from Europe, so real emotions surfaced among them. Conrad Veidt who plays the villain Strasser was one of them, he escaped from Germany with his jew wife. Of the credited cast only Bogart, Dooley Wilson as pianist Sam, and Joy Page, who plays the Bulgarian refugee, were born in the U.S.A.

[@kcthecowboy]

A Czech freedom fighter, singing a French song in a club owned by an American, all combined to shut down the Germans. Inspiring.

[@SaintSwithinsDay]

Or, to put it slightly differently, a musical quarrel between two mobs of European imperialists in a pub in Morocco. And all of it filmed in Hollywood.

[@michaelhuck]

@@SaintSwithinsDay Indeed. And few people realize that those French "democrats" in Casablanca who sing here for "freedom" few years after brought the French army to Northern Africa to beat up and kill Africans who asked to be free from French domination. The Czech Freedom "Fighter" actually was running away instead of fighting and asking in speeches that other people go to fight for his ideas, the French police officer played by the great Claude Rains actually was a kind of early Harvey Weinstein trading sex against passports and the American Rick forgot that in his country of the "free and brave" his pianist Sam actually was a second class citizens and could be lucky if the KKK did not come after him, the KKK by the way an organization with an interesting membership list including a certain Mr. Truman...

[@rickbruner5525]

@@michaelhuck If you are citing Salisburg as your source for Truman being a member of the Klan you might be reminded that this account has been disputed. Especially in light of the fact that Truman at the time was a a member of the Pendergast political machine which was a Catholic organization and required members not be members of any anti-Catholic group. The battle lines were drawn when Truman won his election and put only members of the Pendergast machine on the county payroll. When Truman ran for re-election as county judge, the Klan began encouraging voters to support Protestant, "100% American" candidates, allying itself against Truman and with the Republicans. Truman also was responsible for ending segregation in the US Army and banning discrimination in federal employment.

[@michaelhuck]

@@rickbruner5525 Hi, no actually I must admit I am not a specialist on Truman. I found several infos on Truman´s possible membership (for a short time, long before he became president) including wikipedia (which is of course not a proof). If you google you´ll find several sites discussing this but as the KKK is a s e c r e t society this is quite difficult. Truman on the other hand was a member of another secret society and this one had rules the opposite of the ideas of the KKK. Truman had no problems to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki. So quite a difficult character and I must admit that Truman is probably someone we know far too less about as the focus is more on Roosevelt.

[@lavrentivs9891]

@@michaelhuck Always check the sources they use. It might very well be that all the pages you've seen have used the same source for their claim that Truman was a member of the KKK. Same with Wikipedia, it's not necessarily a bad source, but always check which sources the specific wikipedia article has used for it's claims.

[@kajani6181]

Filming for this started in late May of 1942. The US had yet to turn the tide in the Pacific at Midway in June. The Allies had yet to invade Afrique du Nord francais in November. Best timed Hollywood movie uplift of WW2 when the Axis were riding high. Love this scene.

[@rogerlynch5279]

THE BEST ANSWER TO THE EXPRESSION THE AXIS was in the NOW forgotten Musical Quote-Unquote were the lexter had let say the actor playing President Roosevelt; WE PUT AN AX TO THE AXIS !

[@crhu319]

It basically told America what side decent people were on.

[@Xerxes2005]

Well, when you think that Casablanca means White House, you see that it was timed purposefully. The "neutral" Ricks represented America. It was a call to arms.

[@nigelsw55]

@@Xerxes2005 I am sure I read somewhere that Ronald Reagan was offered the part played by Bogart but turned it down. He did though end up in another White House.

[@johnratican3824]

True. People do not realize that at the time this movie came out it was far from certain which side was going to win.

[@lewisc215]

One of the greatest scenes in all of cinema. So much was at stake.

[@michaelmakes4883]

Michael Curtiz...most underrated director....never big enough to pick and choose his projects...but his resume speaks for itself..

[@mkfd4571]

Paul Henreid is a frigging boss… no hesitation… knowing he’s a target. He just goes right over there and riles up the crowd. Gives me goosebumps, too.

[@markmarderosian9657]

Yes! That determined walk to the band was great.

[@spikespa5208]

How to give the Germans finger, without giving them the finger.

[@KundiKalliosta]

Zelyny of that time!

[@DanielSanchez-og4ox]

This movie came out a few months after pearl harbor and I once read that projectionists all over this country had to pause the film at this point because of loud and protracted audience cheering and applause. I still choke up whenever I see it so it makes sense.

[@shawnoneil2046]

That long, gazing, far-away eyed look of Ingrid Bergman in one scene in this movie ... she was so beautiful.

[@pierrebezukhov2698]

Rick's nod signifying "Yes" says it all

[@johnking7454]

Funny story, he was practically falling down drunk at the time. The story goes that his scenes for the day had wrapped a few hours earlier, and he'd gone across the street to a bar, but the writers decided they needed him for this scene and brought him back. All he had to do was stand there and when they pointed at him to nod, and they knew he could do that drunk. :-) It's typical of the way this great movie was filmed as the writers didn't even decide how the final scene would play out until the night before they shot it. They almost wrote the story as it happened!

[@pascalxavier3367]

That's exactly what I have been thinking.

[@deliamihin8705]

I love this movie I can watch it every day. The actors. Acting. So real the beautiful Ingrid thank God for this era And directors who gave us this talent on screen. No nudity or r language thank you

[@gailwebb9619]

No matter how many times I see this scene it gives me chills and brings tears to my eyes!

[@Neville60001]

My eves too.

[@user-jc6fo7gf4w]

Никогда Запад не поймёт Россию. Французские полицейские вместо того, чтобы бить фашистов, поют марсельезу. Это как если бы фашист насиловал франзуженку, а та в знак протеста пела бы марсельезу.

[@user-jc6fo7gf4w]

The West will never understand Russia. French policemen, instead of fighting fascists, sing the Marseillaise. It's as if a fascist raped a French woman, and she would sing the Marseillaise in protest.

[@greldaiselachavezvelez9460]

It's a Classic ❤️ GOD Bless America and the Whole World ❤️ Blessings from Mexico ❤️🙏💞🌹

[@raymundoolarrabenitez5585]

One of the most extraordinary films performed by Humprey Bogart and the beautiful actress Ingrid Bergman and of course the most beautiful French National Anthem of the world.

[@williamrubinstein3442]

Widely said to be the most moving scene ever filmed.

[@majerstud]

1:36. Every man wants a woman who looks at them the way Ingrid Bergman looks at Victor.

[@brucetucker4847]

I thought I had that, once. It turned out she was more like Brigid O'Shaughnessy than Ilse Lund.

[@Gman6755]

Yet being a typical woman she was ready to leave her husband over some bar owner she had a fling with! Women!

[@stevekaczynski3793]

@@brucetucker4847 "If they hang you I'll never forget you." At least I think those were the words in "The Maltese Falcon".

[@nancysoboluesky2145]

@@Gman6755 She thought her husband was killed by Nazis, and she had more than a fling with Rick.

[@thomast8539]

Well, let's not be hasty...Ilsa was inspired by Victor, but she loved Rick.

[@michealburnett6]

One of the many great moments, in this most fantastic film 😊

[@btuesday]

One of the greatest scenes in the history of cinema

[@Gman6755]

Rick's subtle nod to the band leader to play the anthem, just a perfect touch to an amazing scene! Best movie ever!

[@TWS-pd5dc]

Watch the scene again. So many subtle things. When the Germans first start singing the camera shows Rick and Victor at the top of the stairs. While Rick looks mildly annoyed Victor looks absolutely outraged and starts his determined walk towards the orchestra. Then there are quick shots of Ilsa while the cafe is singing. At first, she looks down, frightened about what could happen. Then a quick close up of Victor leading the singing, the passion and emotion in his face! Then another close up of Ilsa and she is now looking at him with such admiration, if not love. Really a great well done scene. Back story: Bogart came to the set that day and the director simply told him to "nod your head" and then told him to leave. The director knew that this was not Rick's scene.

[@volumeturneddown9600]

At 1:31, Ilsa is realizing she must sacrifice herself to get Victor out of Casablanca. By 1:41, she is at peace with her choice, and proud of the contribution it will serve.

[@ues5587]

to me, bogie looks like he is absolutely boiling, that's why he doesn't hesitate when renault looks at him and laszlo tells the band to play le marseiilaise. he conveys so much with just a glare and a nod. This scene is one that was actually in the original Everyone Comes To Rick's play. There is a terrific book about the making of this movie called "Round Up The Usual Suspects." www.amazon.com/Round-Up-Usual-Suspects-Casablanca/dp/0297812947

[@richardholmgren5640]

Michael Curtiz was a brilliant director in using small things to build a powerful and moving result.

[@mungo7136]

TWS1956 What language did he used to order orchestra to play Marseillaise? It doesn't sound to me like french, neither german (and definitely not english).

[@TWS-pd5dc]

@@mungo7136 If you're being serious Victor says in English "Play the Marsellaise. Play it!". Rick gives the go ahead with the silent, universal language of simply nodding his head.

[@danj1701d]

When Paris was liberated in August of 1944, Casablanca was shown in some theaters in the city. In at least once instance, the projectionist was obliged to stop the film after this scene, rewind it, and "play it again" as the audience was demanding to see an encore of this scene.

[@NeilCWCampbell]

What is the French for encore? ;)

[@olivierdastein2604]

@@NeilCWCampbell French for "encore" is...."bis". :)

[@tfewald01]

My absolute favorite scene from a truly great movie.

[@Cactus1967TV]

The greatest film worldwide... CASABLANCA! For the next hundret years...

[@cryptobradley2006]

this a BS lets seeher dick !!

[@dominiqueschaffner308]

What a movie that was. ... Black and white.. No props..no scenery..no glamour...no sex...no bloody violence... Only actors who did their best to make an immortal success..!

[@timmchugh5233]

My Old Man was a deck gunner in the Battle of the Atlantic. Supporting the North Africa and Sicily invasions... Oran...Bizerte...Malta... Casablanca. etc. etc. I realized one day that he probably knew those waterfront bars better than Rick ever did...

[@brucetucker4847]

My uncle was a signalman in the Battle of the Atlantic. He just passed away last week at the age of 98. The world owes those men a debt that can never be repaid. Salute to your father!

[@tracyd1233]

Best scene of so many greats in this classic film.

[@patriciamartinez-ow2os]

Esta escena vivirá eternamente. Es la mejor escena jamás realizada. Única. Gloriosa. Perpetua.

[@moverwolf]

Noch immer eine der stärksten Szenen der Filmgeschichte!

[@piotrwesolowski7022]

never forget this song, please. This is song of freedom, equqlity,brotherhood. Peoples schould sing this song all day.. Peoples...

[@davidtownsend1792]

Thank you,

[@mla4968]

I've always wondered why I liked it!! ty!!

[@SantomPh]

If Zamour is anything to go by, France no longer wants those things

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

*equality

[@Mathias-kz5dr]

The Marseillaise or the Wacht am Rhein? Both are about freedom…

[@mikebrzostowski8183]

Brings tears to my eyes every time, as well. An outstanding movie, I never get tired of watching it. Viva la France!

[@jameswalsh17]

Ingrida

[@NeilCWCampbell]

Viva la Republica

[@user-jc6fo7gf4w]

The West will never understand Russia. French policemen, instead of fighting fascists, sing the Marseillaise. It's as if a fascist raped a French woman, and she would sing the Marseillaise in protest.

[@philipchretienkarlsson8157]

unforgettable scene which you can watch again and again and never get tired of !

[@johnpowers2921]

This scene always brings tears of pride to my wife’s eyes who is French. Vive le France!

[@irened2]

Moi aussi! It is my favorite scene in the whole movie. No matter how many times I have watched it, whenever this scene starts, my feet prop me up and I end up inside the movie for the scene. When I exit I am dazed and marveled. Vive la France !

[@nghtwtchmn129]

The woman who shouts "Vive La France!" at the end was said to be a French exile. Her tears were real.

[@markmewordz6860]

From a 'Brexiteer' ... tres bon et vive la France. Countries are bound not by political or admininstative expedience, but by natural ties

[@irened2]

@@nghtwtchmn129 She is not a Spaniard ("vivA"), she is French ("vivE"). To @John Powers: LA France. Please kindly use the edit button to correct yourselves. Only a germy german would leave those typos up after being corrected! You don't want to dishonor "Casablanca". Thanx.

[@MaloPiloto]

Right on, John. Vive le France 🇫🇷!

[@petersimpson633]

At 57 I have only just seen the words to The Marseillaise. What a fantastic anthem, really stirring stuff. My loss all these years

[@cruscante]

You are quite right Peter; and just consider that la Marseillaise was written as the new born republican France was being invaded by both the prussian and austrian ( Imperial) armies

[@robertdoyle687]

Makes you tingle! Been privileged to hear it sung by large crowds of French rugby fans; they also put cockerels on the park.

[@TheMenon49]

What a wonderful soul stirring scene this is!

[@PC4USE1]

When you look at Ingrid Bergman here,you know she cannot leave Victor-not romantic love but total admiration for his courage.

[@lewisc215]

Not at that point. In fact she intended to stay, until R said no.

[@nancysoboluesky2145]

Imagine if Ingrid Bergman had married Rick, and then Victor showed up alive. Of course then the movie or story would have been much different, but think of it.

[@jscottupton]

She would have regretted leaving him. Maybe not today or tomorrow...but soon...and for the rest of her life.

[@nancysoboluesky2145]

@@jscottupton Which makes u think what was Rick doing that he tells Ingrid she would regret it for the rest of her life. But they really did love each other.

[@nfspbarrister5681]

"Here's to your eyes, kid!"

[@corrado53]

Ho visto questa scena decine decine di volte e ogni volta mi commuovo.

[@juanmanuelparadacontreras9565]

Una de las escenas más emblemáticas de este filme de culto. Vive La France!!!

[@tambrosia]

Thank you for sharing One of the best scenes of Casablanca One of the greatest national anthems of any nation

[@gregorylevine1850]

2) So many great, telling little moments, including: Renault observing, analyzing -- and glancing at Rick. There is SO much story told in that.

[@badasshiker9637]

Legend has it that Humphrey Bogart had finished his role in the movie and had gone to a bar across the street. The director, realizing they had not shot this scene, sent a gaffer to the bar to get Bogey to return to the set, even in his drunken condition. They got him up the stairs at the bannister. When Paul Henried went to the orchestra to lead them in La Marseillaise, the lead looked to Bogey and he nodded his consent. As the camera cut away, he fell down drunk and had to be helped to his room.

[@Cryptonymicus]

Bogart never fell down drunk in his entire life. He just decided to take a little nap wherever the hell he wanted--and damn anybody who got in his way.

[@fabiopaolobarbieri2286]

Whatever, his expression as he nods is perfect. Nobody else could have done it. It is from that nod that the whole rest of the story unfolds. Until then, he had been held back by his confused feelings for Inga, and Captain Renault had been able to lie to himself that he was not the Nazis' boot boy. In two minutes, Bogie's moody refusal to help Henreid is blown away, and so is Claude Rains' pretence. Everything comes from that.

[@eifionjones559]

love the film , love the anthem even more always brings tears to my eyes and I am 73 and Welsh not French

[@Irene-iu9sj]

Greek and adore it !!!!!!.

[@DieFlabbergast]

If you're Welsh you will no doubt be familiar with the Marseillaise, as it is sung at international rugby matches. Not as beautiful as Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, but more stirring, in a martial manner, you'd have to agree.

[@eifionjones559]

@@DieFlabbergast certainly do , both inspire and magnificent in different ways

[@Thepourdeuxchanson]

Being Welsh you know a thing or two about good singing.

[@mychael.kostiuk]

One of the best, if not the best scenes in this great movie, which seems to get greater over time...

[@None-zc5vg]

There's an interesting book that goes into the making of "Casablanca": I forget the title but the book's worth finding.

[@claudiocarpentieri2714]

I was born too many years later the time of this movie, but i cannot stop watching everytime i find it on TV. 🇨🇵🇺🇸

[@amaurya7689]

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.

[@MunDane68]

If I remember correctly, the German officers were all Czech refugees as well.

[@kenmurray4867]

They don't make movies like this any more. Thanks for the memories

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Why should they? It was a war time movie...

[@erikt1713]

Even as a German I find this touching. Maybe it's because I live in the French-speaking world... It reminds you how great it actually is that we can live together in peace and friendship now and contribute to the European Union.

[@alexgratianmesaros5048]

Totally agree with you! I wish there were no wars, but unfortunately history cannot be alter ;( At least, as you put it we can live peacefully together and contribute to the EU :)

[@leejmortimer]

What were those Brits thinking?

[@erikt1713]

@@leejmortimer - I wonder. It's particularly shocking that they left the "Erasmus" program now. I spent 8 months at a British university with this EU program, and it really helped me grow academically and even as a person. Of course we have lots of new members since then, but their languages are trickier. I couldn't easily have studied in Lithuanian... Geographically it's still impressive now: "From the Alantic shores to the watchtowers at river Narva, gazing ever East to Russia" We can make this point without Britain.

[@leejmortimer]

@@erikt1713 I have a foot in both camps, three if you include that I'm American. Our son and his family lived in London 3 years and we thoroughly enjoyed visiting there. We were there during the Brexit campaign and were completely surprised when Brexit was narrowly approved. Also, I did a study-abroad in France around the time the UK joined the EU. (That tells you my age.) The Brits were practically begging to get in at the time.

[@erikt1713]

@Siegbert Landgraf - Salut et bonne année, Laura! Alsace, of course, has links to both cultures. Cultural diversity can be a strength. It's the same here in french-speaking Switzerland where I live. "La Marseillaise" is bit too much about blood and fighting for my taste, but no doubt it is beautiful. Why did you choose the name "Siegbert"? It sounds very German, but it's also a male name...

[@georgebalsa9853]

This sends chills up my spine even now!

[@josephdunlap6747]

My favorite movie is Casablanca and my favorite actor is Humphrey Bogart!! 🙏🙏

[@markseavers4874]

Casablanca is my favorite 🎥 viewing. Never miss it !!! Very good clip. To bad we don't have heroes like Victor Lazlo in are Congress.

[@davegreene8588]

There are a FEW, and they're fighting the GOOD fight. The Fascist gasbags haven't won, *nor wiil* they.

[@glouconx983]

Breathless Ingrid Bergman at 1:29 makes this scene immortal.

[@marcobechere4452]

Almost all of the actors were expatriate from Europe.

[@d.robertolesoncoldwellbank7848]

When patriotism was a matter of life and death. Beautiful. ❤️

[@jessrevill1852]

It still is.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

@@irened2 You have no idea, what Nazism really means, right? Your statement is an affidavit for all victims of the national socialists ...

[@irened2]

Your statement is a clear case of PROJECTING@@melchiorvonsternberg844 Do you, perchance, pretend to rewrite history? Are you a holocaust denier? Or are you one of those who, again, sides with the neo-nazis then points and accuses those who fight the nazis to actually be one? You know what that logic is called, don't you? But I will be polite and simply reiterate: look up projecting.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

@@irened2 No! I am certainly not a Holocaust denier. I've also seen the inside of a Nazi concentration camp. To be very clear: the extermination of European Jews was bottomless. That is exactly what a former director of the Israeli Shin-Bet secret service put it. And I can only fully agree with that. I am certainly not a Nazi sympathizer. If you don't believe that, you're welcome to eat my red party book. As far as the war is concerned, however, it was already clear to those responsible in 1919 that the violent peace of Versailles, the foundation for the next armed conflict, had already laid. I would like to mention the Commander-in-Chief of the Entente Troops, Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France, who spoke of an "armistice for 20 years". But much more clearly was formulated by His Majesty the King of England's First Minister. David Lloyd George said the following at Versailles in 1919: "One may deprive Germany of its colonies, reduce its armaments to a mere police force and its fleet to the strength of a fifth-rate power. Nevertheless, if Germany feels that it was treated unfairly in the peace of 1919, Germany will ultimately find means. In order to obtain compensation, our conditions may be severe, they may be harsh and even ruthless, but at the same time they can be so just that the country we impose them on feels inside it I have no right to complain. But injustice and presumption, displayed in the hour of triumph, will never be forgotten nor forgiven. I can think of no stronger reason for a future war than that the German people, who are sure to be one of the most vigorous and powerful tribes in the world has been shown to be surrounded by a number of smaller states, some of which have never been a s was able to set up a stable government for itself, but each of them contained large numbers of Germans who wanted reunification with their homeland..." But excatly that happend. The US- Senat, don't sign that paper and made a separat peace with Germany in 1921, the peace of Berlin. So why you are suprised?

[@NeilCWCampbell]

It always is Sic semper fascistica

[@g.alistar7798]

Victor Laslo....pure stud. This is the best two minutes in film, ever! Good vs. evil. Vive La France!

[@srkh8966]

Definitely. That’s because Paul Henreid lived this role. He’d protested the Nazis in Austria-where he lived-and was considered an enemy of the state. He, and the majority of the actors in this film, were actual refugees due to Nazi invasion.

[@alfonsecoppola5938]

just a great scene,no dialog,singing and facial expression,bergman and henried just awesome

[@srkh8966]

@@alfonsecoppola5938 the emotion was genuine

[@g.alistar7798]

@@irened2 Hey Irene, take a chill pill. I speak English, not French...focus on the “pure stud” aspect of my remarks rather than being a grammar Nazi. p.s., Merry Christmas!

[@irened2]

@@g.alistar7798 Ok, I see you edited it. I apologize. My response is strong because I am a target on a near daily basis of Francophobia. Sorry and I'll delete and Merry Christmas to you! :)

[@dumboldon]

Thanks to France America won it's liberty, how lucky we were that history allowed us to repay that gift...I hope that despite "family" disagreements we will always be as brothers...

[@johnpowers2921]

I have been to France numerous times and know many French people who I like and admire very much. Americans are like the French in many ways that we have a pride that identifies us . We should embrace our similarities and support each other.

[@captainclone1367]

But the US infected France with the Liberty bug!! Those French troops went back to France with the belief in freedom and liberty!

[@brucetucker4847]

@@captainclone1367 And then African-American troops went to France and came back asking why they could be seated in the best restaurants in Paris but not a lunch counter in Selma or even NYC.

[@lainefrajberg955]

The "gift" was re-paid twice. In 1918 ,when American servicemen helped defeat the invading Germans,as part of a coalition.And ,again,26 years later, in 1944 ,when American servicemen provided the majority of troops which liberated France from a hideous tyranny. Whether this results in a "special relationship" between the 2 states is difficult to say.Could be.

[@luislaplume8261]

This song was what made Casablanca a CLASSIC!

[@MikeMack1994]

Right song for a strong emotional moment at the right time in history, too.

[@ISIO-George]

A great moment in a great film. For those that do not know the words, the French anthem is all about soaking the soil in the blood of the enemies of France. Conrad Veidt (Major Strasser) was nothing like his characters. He fled Nazi Germany because his wife was Jewish and refused to renounce her when demanded by Goebbels. It was written in his contract that if he played Nazi characters they must be villains. He was actually a kind, generous and cultured man. Also bisexual and a feminist.

[@marktaha2701]

They were hardly likely to make films showing Nazis as heroes!

[@badasshiker9637]

Verner Klemperer, who played Col. Klink in Hogan's Heroes, was also Jewish and he only agreed to take the role if the Germans were cast as bumbling idiots.

[@asacarrick1385]

Its vital we know he was Queer it's so important except nobody gives a fck

[@user-jc6fo7gf4w]

The West will never understand Russia. French policemen, instead of fighting fascists, sing the Marseillaise. It's as if a fascist raped a French woman, and she would sing the Marseillaise in protest.

[@jimholloway615]

@@user-jc6fo7gf4w it's a film, designed to encourage people to fight. Svyaschennaya Vaina didn't kill a single Nazi, but it encouraged people in their struggle.

[@sheikhboyardee556]

My favorite movie of all time.

[@renatofrancescotti9196]

Fantastica, meravigliosa, e' impossibile non commuoversi, anche dopo averla vista tante volte.

[@terezapessoa4443]

Lindo, inesquecível simplesmente deslumbrante o hino Francês e esse belíssimo e triste filme. ADOREI. Beijo.

[@nyteschade]

and shivers run down my back. always inspiring, always moving - this one small act defining Liberté, égalité, fraternité.

[@veramae4098]

Well unless you're a "someone else".

[@dumboldon]

tears are running down my face

[@dunslaycasson3263]

One of the best scenes in any film ever.

[@giuseppedalessandro187]

Bravissimo cantante.Purtroppo in Italia poco conosciuto,tutto ciò che ha cantato e'stato comunque un successo.

[@ermaperry5144]

Most stirring anthem of them all and my favourite exerpt from the movie.

[@tomc8115]

The greatest scene in the greatest Hollywood movie of all time

[@aarongranda7825]

Bogey looks grim, henreid is pissed and Claude raines is amused. Beautiful direction.

[@alwasser1650]

One of the many great things about this movie: After this stirring scene, moments later is one of the greatest cynically comic lines ever when Renaud is forced by the Germans to shut down Rick's: "I am shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here."

[@alisonhope1]

This scene never fails to make me cry.

[@tommuldoon5677]

"Casablanca" - one of the greatest movies of all time -- and most relevant now, with the situation in Ukraine. Glory to God!

[@cliffeldridge1230]

Casablanca & To Have & Have Not are 2 of my favorite old black & white movies. Saw both years ago on the BIG screen. Tuesday night at one of our local theaters. Unforgettable! Both better than the Malties Falcon.

[@claudiocardoso4141]

A Resistência é a essência do patriotismo e da coragem!

[@pauldh62]

Fantastic, one of the best feel good inspirational scenes in the history of cinema. I just had to play it again - and again Sam.

[@lautarogonzalez3879]

Conmovedora y emocionante . LA LIBERTAD ES UN BIEN EN COMÚN PERO NO NEGOCIABLE

[@joseluismartinblazquez4088]

He visto CASABLANCA una veintena de veces y esta escena es mi preferida

[@chestermicek]

Wow, if this doesn't stir your soul and bring a tear to your eye, nothing will. If you want to know what's in a French native's heart besides sex and food, it's this song. I wish our national anthem sounded like this.

[@gtnsteve1]

Absoluement!

[@dbaker3751]

Chester, you sound like you really do not know the French. Where did you get your ideas?

[@chestermicek]

@@dbaker3751 Unlike you, I speak French & I've had more than one French girlfriend.

[@jimholloway615]

Certainly beats God Save the Queen. Rule Brittania is more uplifting.

[@donmoseslerman]

It gives me goosebumps down my spine everyone I hear it.Altough I'm a patriotic American I love the French National anthem.I have a wolo musical horn of la Marseilles in my car

[@sigertjohansen]

This sort of device is forbidden... In France.

[@donmoseslerman]

@@sigertjohansen I guess a different mind set..Here in America We Love To Display Horns With Ethnic Themes As A Sense Of Pride &Never In Consider It In Any Way Disrespectful.

[@Chrvinsk]

Especially as a patriotic American you are obliged to honor La Marseillaise ^^ (remember this was the nation that (first) backed your fight for independence!)

[@michaelbayer5094]

@@Chrvinsk I'd go a step further. Without French help, the end result of the American Revolution would have been much different. France threatened a wider war in the Caribbean and Mediterranean. And in the decisive Battle of Yorktown there were French troops than American, and a French fleet prevented the relief or evacuation of Cornwallis's army.

[@RDASoccer]

That French National Anthem could inspire the dead. That is one powerful song........

[@timkellyD2R]

By far the best national anthem.

[@QED_]

@@timkellyD2R By far (?) Have you heard the Russian National Anthem (?): kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4Ckpa1urbyAZtk

[@None-zc5vg]

@@QED_ I think the Russian beats the French one: it's a pity that both countries have long been run by ruthless, corrupt people cut from the same cloth as the Nazis.

[@seikibrian8641]

@@QED_ The Russian National Anthem is just the Anthem of the USSR with some changes to wording, and when I hear it I can't help but remember the old "The party of Lenin, the strength of the people, leads us to the triumph of communism" lyrics.

[@johnwrigley1624]

@@seikibrian8641 When I hear it I think of "The Hunt for Red October".........

[@jjgbmw323]

WoW they just don't make movies as good as this one!!! Brilliant Scene....

[@petergraves2085]

Still brings tears to my eyes. Still.

[@gary8306]

Was lucky enough to see this at our local cinema a couple of years ago. Fantastic on the "big" screen.

[@grease52]

Scena sempre emoziante di un bellissimo film e poi la Marseillase e le 3 piccole parole della Rivoluzione Francese sono quanto di più attuale ed immortale ci possa essere. 5 etoiles

[@MrJackwithoneye]

Ho visto per la prima volta questo film ieri... quando ho visto questa scena davvero mi sono commosso. Non dimentichiamo che questo film è del '45 e che dopo 74 anni riesce ancora a meravigliarci...

[@billboe4031]

one of the best movies ever....and this is the best scene.....patriotism!