A. Setting: Casablanca, Morocco
1. Time: 1940s, WWII
II. Introduction
A. Two German couriers are murdered: Ugarte gains possession of the letters of transit.
1. We meet the main character, Rick (played by Humphrey Bogart)
2. Rick owns a bar
3. Wants to go back to America
B. Laszlo, the Leader of the rebellion
1. German officers want Laszlo to stay in Casablanca because he is the leader of an anti-Nazi rebellion group
2. Rick owns a bar
3. Wants to go back to America
B. Laszlo, the Leader of the rebellion
1. German officers want Laszlo to stay in Casablanca because he is the leader of an anti-Nazi rebellion group
2. Germans are looking for the man who killed the couriers
C.Ilsa and husband, Victor Laszlo go to Rick's bar
C.Ilsa and husband, Victor Laszlo go to Rick's bar
1. Ilsa meets Rick again for the first time since she left him at Paris
2. We learn that Ilsa and Rick were dating when the Germans took France
3. Ilsa dated Rick because she thought that her husband Laszlo had died in a concentration camp
2. We learn that Ilsa and Rick were dating when the Germans took France
3. Ilsa dated Rick because she thought that her husband Laszlo had died in a concentration camp
4. Ilsa and Rick were leaving Paris: Ilsa said she would meet Rick at the train station and never showed up
5. Rick ended up leaving Paris by himself and going to Casablanca
III. Nazi's start causing trouble
A. Rick has the letters of transit hidden in the piano of his bar. These letters are extremely important because if someone wanted to leave Casablanca then he or she would need these letters. These letters are hard to come by and incredibly expensive
5. Rick ended up leaving Paris by himself and going to Casablanca
III. Nazi's start causing trouble
A. Rick has the letters of transit hidden in the piano of his bar. These letters are extremely important because if someone wanted to leave Casablanca then he or she would need these letters. These letters are hard to come by and incredibly expensive
1. Laszlo asks Rick for the letters of transit. he is willing to pay large sums of money for them. Laszlo is trying to get away from Casablanca and the Nazi's
2. While at the bar German officers begin to sing the German Anthem. This inspires Laszlo and he begins to sing the French anthem (Morocco was a French colony). Soon everyone in the entire bar is singing the French National Anthem. This display of out right patriotism outrages the Nazi officers, who then proceed to shut down the bar.
2. While at the bar German officers begin to sing the German Anthem. This inspires Laszlo and he begins to sing the French anthem (Morocco was a French colony). Soon everyone in the entire bar is singing the French National Anthem. This display of out right patriotism outrages the Nazi officers, who then proceed to shut down the bar.
3. Nazi's want to take Laszlo into custody because he is leads the anti-Nazi rebellion.
4. Nazi's begin searching Casablanca for Laszlo and Ilsa
4. Nazi's begin searching Casablanca for Laszlo and Ilsa
5. Rick refuses to give Laszlo the letters of transit because he holds a grudge against Ilsa for leaving him in Paris. Laszlo does not know that Rick and Ilsa had gotten together in Paris.
IV. Ilsa and Rick Talk
IV. Ilsa and Rick Talk
A. Ilsa goes to the bar and attempts to persuade Rick
1. Ilsa goes to see Rick while Laszlo is away at a anti-Nazi rebellion meeting
2. Ilsa begs Rick for the letters of transit
3. Ilsa grabs a gun off of Rick's desk and threatens to shoot him if he does not give her the letters of transit.
4. Ilsa does not shoot Rick, instead she confesses that she never stopped loving him.
5. Ilsa claims the reason she left him was because she found out that Laszlo was in fact alive and needed her to nurse him back to health
6. Ilsa confesses that she kept the marriage between her and Laszlo a secret because she didn't want the Nazi's to find her.
7. Laszlo goes to Rick's bar to meet Ilsa.
V. Fin (The End)
2. Ilsa begs Rick for the letters of transit
3. Ilsa grabs a gun off of Rick's desk and threatens to shoot him if he does not give her the letters of transit.
4. Ilsa does not shoot Rick, instead she confesses that she never stopped loving him.
5. Ilsa claims the reason she left him was because she found out that Laszlo was in fact alive and needed her to nurse him back to health
6. Ilsa confesses that she kept the marriage between her and Laszlo a secret because she didn't want the Nazi's to find her.
7. Laszlo goes to Rick's bar to meet Ilsa.
V. Fin (The End)
E. Germans are looking for Laszlo
1. Nazi's storm into Rick's bar looking for Laszlo
2. Laszlo is arrested
3. Rick and Ilsa agrees to use the letters of transport to get our of Casablanca and go to America together.
1. Nazi's storm into Rick's bar looking for Laszlo
2. Laszlo is arrested
3. Rick and Ilsa agrees to use the letters of transport to get our of Casablanca and go to America together.
2. Rick sets up a trap to get Laszlo back
3. When Rick and Ilsa get to the airport Rick threatens to shoot Captain Renault
4. Captain Renault gives up Laszlo.
4. Captain Renault gives up Laszlo.
4. Ricks speaks to Ilsa and convinces her to take the letters of transit and go to America with Laszlo.
5. A Nazi officer goes to arrest Laszlo, but is shot by Rick. This allows Laszlo and Ilsa to get on the plane and flee Casablanca
6. Rick and Captain Renault watch the plane take off from the runway
6. Rick and Captain Renault watch the plane take off from the runway
7. Rick walks away from the airport with Captain Renault (Louis) who is talking about how he can get Rick out of Casablanca
8. The film ends just as Rick (Humphrey Bogart) delivers one of the most iconic lines in film history, "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship"
8. The film ends just as Rick (Humphrey Bogart) delivers one of the most iconic lines in film history, "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship"
