Conrad Veidt Claude Rains Casablanca 1942 color added 2016
by David Lee Guss
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Conrad Veidt Claude Rains Casablanca 1942 color added 2016
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David Lee Guss
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"The second-billed actors are:
Claude Rains as Captain Louis Renault. Rains was an English actor born in London. He had previously worked with Michael Curtiz on The Adventures of Robin Hood. He later played the villain in Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious, reteaming with Ingrid Bergman.
Conrad Veidt as Major Heinrich Strasser. He was a refugee German actor who had appeared in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. He fled the Nazis, but was frequently cast as a Nazi in American films..
Much of the emotional impact of the film has been attributed to the large proportion of European exiles and refugees who were extras or played minor roles (in addition to leading actors Paul Henried, Conrad Veidt and Peter Lorre): such as Louis V. Arco, Trude Berliner, Ilka Grunig, Lotte Palfi, Richard Ryen, Ludwig Stossel, Hans Twardowski, and Wolfgang Zilzer. A witness to the filming of the "duel of the anthems" sequence said he saw many of the actors crying and 'realized that they were all real refugees.' Harmetz argues that they 'brought to a dozen small roles in Casablanca an understanding and a desperation that could never have come from Central Casting.' They were frequently cast as Nazis in war films, even though many were Jewish."
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October 3rd, 2016
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