When Casablanca came out in 1942, a lot of people and institutions were involved in the making. One producer, one director, three authors, roundabout twenty nations (regarding the heritages of cast and crew) and the OWI. Casablanca , very well known for its melodrama, can highly be seen as an anti-Nazi propaganda movie. Since the movie is an adaption of a play called Everybody comes to Rick’s , written by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison between 1938 and 1940, the way the movie had been arranged and shot is close to the staging of a play. There are typical filmic moments, like the flash back scene or the tracking shot, when the café is introduced. Nevertheless the movie lives through its narration and the dialogues. Speaking of dialogues, it is likely that we think of famous one liners like “Here’s looking at you kid” or “Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship”. However, in this text I would like to discuss one of the tiniest little conversations that...