ILSA (ILL-suh)
Rick’s
ex-lover in the movie, Casablanca
Common
clues: Rick's love in “Casablanca”; Ingrid in
“Casablanca”; “Casablanca"
role; "As Time Goes By" requester; Mrs. Victor Laszlo;
“Play it, Sam” speaker; She'll “always have
Paris”
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Bergman was as controversial as she was talented
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Casablanca
– As Time Goes By
I
made so many films which were more important, but the only one
people ever want to talk about is that one with Bogart. ~
Ingrid Bergman
Casablanca
is a 1942 romantic film set during World War II in the
Vichy-controlled Moroccan city of Casablanca. The film was
directed by Michael Curtiz, and stars Humphrey Bogart as Rick
Blaine and Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund. It focuses on Rick's
conflict between, in the words of one character, love and virtue:
he must choose between his love for Ilsa and his need to do the
right thing by helping her husband, Resistance hero Victor
Laszlo, escape from Casablanca and continue his fight against the
Nazis.
Ingrid
Bergman as Ilsa Lund. Bergman's official website calls Ilsa her
"most famous and enduring role". The Swedish actress's
Hollywood debut in Intermezzo had been well received, but her
subsequent films were not major successes — until
Casablanca. Ebert calls her "luminous", and comments on
the chemistry between her and Bogart: "she paints his face
with her eyes". Other actresses considered for the role of
Ilsa had included Ann Sheridan, Hedy Lamarr and Michèle
Morgan; Wallis obtained the services of Bergman, who was
contracted to David O. Selznick, by giving Olivia de Havilland in
exchange.
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