Casablanca
I. Characters
- Richard “Rick” Blaine
- Ilsa Lund
- Victor Laszlo
- Captain Louis Renault
- Major Heinrich Strasser
- Signor Ferrari
- Ugarte
- Yvonne
- Sam
- Annina Brandel
- Jan Brandel
- Berger
- Carl
- Sacha
- Pickpocket
- Singer
- Abdul
- Italian Officer Tonelli
- Emile
II. Setting
- Casablanca, Morocco
- World War II
III. Introduction
- Rick Blaine
- Owner of Rick’s Café Americain
- Ilsa Lund
- Rick’s ex that left him back in Paris
- Now married to Victor Laszlo
- Victor Laszlo
- A Resistance Leader
- Escaped from a Nazi concentration camp
IV. Rising Action
- Ilsa and her husband Victor arrive at Rick’s Café where Ilsa spots, Sam, the pianist. She asks him to play, “As Time Goes By,” a song that her and Rick once liked.
- Rick angrily goes over to Sam to see why he is playing the song, but then he sees Ilsa and understands.
- Laszlo and Ilsa plan to escape to America. Laszlo hears that Rick has the letters of transit needed to escape safely.
V. Climax
- Victor Laszlo attempts to get the letters of transit, but Rick refuses to give them up.
- Rick’s Café is shut down by the German military.
- Ilsa then tries to get the letters of transit from Rick, but he does not fall for her schemes.
- Rick has a flashback of Paris.
VI. Declining Action
- Laszlo claims to know that Rick loves Ilsa and asks for the letters of transit for her sake.
- German officers burst in and arrest Laszlo.
- Rick insists to Louis that Laszlo must be released. He says that Laszlo can be arrested on a more serious charge, possession of the stolen letters of transit.
- Rick tells Louis that he, himself, plans to escape with Ilsa with the letters of transit, and also tells him that he should wait until Laszlo has the letters before they arrest him,
VII. Ending
- The police attempt to arrest Laszlo like they and Rick had planned, but Rick, in actuality, tricked them. That way, Ilsa and Laszlo can escape.
- Rick insists that Ilsa leave with Victor. At first she declines, but then later accepts.
- After goodbyes, Victor and Ilsa board the plane. Just then Strasser arrives. He calls the radio tower to prevent the plane's taking off, but Rick shoots him, and the plane leaves.
- The French police then arrive and Louis tells them to round up the usual suspects, covering for Rick.
- Louis congratulates Rick on becoming a patriot and then, he too, becomes a patriot.
- Louis tells Rick that he can help him escape and that he will come too.
- The movie ends with Rick saying, “Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.”
