Synopsis
Hollywood, 1942. The US government pressures Hungarian-born film director Michael Curtiz, who is about to finish shooting Casablanca, to accentuate the film's propaganda message in order to sway public opinion in favor of the country's intervention in the European war.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes50%
23 audience votes
Key crew
- Zsuzsanna BakScreenplay
- Tamás Yvan TopolánszkyScreenplay
- Gábor SubiczOriginal Music Composer
- Tamás Yvan TopolánszkyDirector
Cast
- Ferenc LengyelMichael Curtiz
- Evelin DobosKitty
- Declan HanniganMr. Johnson
- Scott Alexander YoungHal B. Wallis
- József GyabronkaS. Z. Sakall
- Nikolett BarabasBess Meredith
- Yan FeldmanJulius Epstein
- Rafael FeldmanPhilip Epstein
- Christopher KriegConrad Veidt
- Andrew HeflerJack L. Warner
- Lili BordánIrene Lee
- Dániel GáboriLucas Meredith
Stills
Themes
propagandacinema on cinemamovie businessworld war iibased on true storyfilm in filmco-workers relationshipfilmmakingwar propagandamovie mogulportrait of an artistfilm director