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The area or backdrop to a film is typically where they shoot it, right? Well, not exactly. Plenty of times in cinema, filmmakers must work around a

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The 1942 film and 1943 conference make a strong case against isolationism.The post The lessons of ‘Casablanca’ appeared first on JNS.org.

One of my favorite films is "Casablanca" starring Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine, an American nightclub owner -- and isolationist -- in Morocco as the Nazis are goose-stepping across Europe and beyond.

Casablanca, American film drama, released in 1942, that was loosely based on Murray Burnett and Joan Alison’s unproduced play Everybody Comes to Rick’s. A fast-paced, emotionally charged romance set against the tumultuous backdrop of World War II, the film is one of the most celebrated and iconic motion pictures in history. The film takes place in Casablanca, Morocco (then a French protectorate), where numerous Europeans are stranded after having sought refuge from Nazi occupation. With exit visas difficult to obtain from the Vichy government, two German couriers carrying valuable letters...