'Casablanca' Is the Best Adaptation You've Never Known About

By JACK LYONS, Special to Theatrecriticism.com (Desert Local News) - When the movie "Casablanca" merged the powerful elements of love, war, and destiny in 1942, the film and its producers never saw the phenomenal appeal or its success coming until it won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1943.Seventy-seven years later it still deserves a shout-out for exceptional American filmmaking.. Attractor — Ilsa Lund. Mentor — Victor Laszlo. Trickster — Captain Louis Renault. Strasser provides opposition manifesting itself most obviously in the Final Struggle, attempting to get the plane carrying Victor and Ilsa to return. In classic Protagonist vs. Nemesis fashion, Rick has to vanquish the Antagonist.


Ilsa Lund Casablanca 1942 Poster Canvas Print Wooden Hanging Scroll Frame Big Eagle

Ilsa Lund Casablanca 1942 Poster Canvas Print Wooden Hanging Scroll Frame Big Eagle


Ilsa Lund Casablanca Photo (9494729) Fanpop

Ilsa Lund Casablanca Photo (9494729) Fanpop


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KREA AI casablanca, Ilsa Lund, portrait, monochrome, pale


Infinite Old & Rare Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund (Casablanca) 16 Statue Forum

Infinite Old & Rare Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund (Casablanca) 16 Statue Forum


Gods and Foolish Grandeur Ingrid Bergman/Ilsa Lund, her first scene in Casablanca, 1942

Gods and Foolish Grandeur Ingrid Bergman/Ilsa Lund, her first scene in Casablanca, 1942


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Ingrid Bergman Photo Ingrid Bergman Ingrid bergman, Casablanca 1942, Casablanca


HUMPHREY BOGART as Rick Blaine and INGRID BERGMAN as Ilsa Lund in CASABLANCA 1942 director

HUMPHREY BOGART as Rick Blaine and INGRID BERGMAN as Ilsa Lund in CASABLANCA 1942 director


*CASABLANCA (1942) Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund Warner Bros. Publicity Photo Ingrid bergman

*CASABLANCA (1942) Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund Warner Bros. Publicity Photo Ingrid bergman


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Shop It 15 Iconic Movie Looks for Halloween Ingrid bergman, Movies outfit, Iconic movies


Gods and Foolish Grandeur Ingrid Bergman/Ilsa Lund, her first scene in Casablanca, 1942

Gods and Foolish Grandeur Ingrid Bergman/Ilsa Lund, her first scene in Casablanca, 1942


Ingrid Bergman playing Ilsa Lund in Casablanca 1942. These scenes are flashbacks of Ilsa in her

Ingrid Bergman playing Ilsa Lund in Casablanca 1942. These scenes are flashbacks of Ilsa in her


Ilsa Lund and Victor Laszlo Casablanca Photo (9494787) Fanpop

Ilsa Lund and Victor Laszlo Casablanca Photo (9494787) Fanpop


Casablanca Photo Ilsa Lund and Victor Laszlo

Casablanca Photo Ilsa Lund and Victor Laszlo


Gods and Foolish Grandeur Ingrid Bergman/Ilsa Lund, her first scene in Casablanca, 1942

Gods and Foolish Grandeur Ingrid Bergman/Ilsa Lund, her first scene in Casablanca, 1942


Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca 1942 Casablanca Movie, Casablanca 1942, Casablanca

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca 1942 Casablanca Movie, Casablanca 1942, Casablanca


Humphrey Bogart & Ingrid Bergman Characters Rick Blaine, Ilsa Lund Film Casablanca (USA

Humphrey Bogart & Ingrid Bergman Characters Rick Blaine, Ilsa Lund Film Casablanca (USA


Gods and Foolish Grandeur Ingrid Bergman/Ilsa Lund, her first scene in Casablanca, 1942

Gods and Foolish Grandeur Ingrid Bergman/Ilsa Lund, her first scene in Casablanca, 1942


FFILM — Ilsa Lund played by Ingrid Bergman and Victor...

FFILM — Ilsa Lund played by Ingrid Bergman and Victor...


'Casablanca' Is the Best Adaptation You've Never Known About

'Casablanca' Is the Best Adaptation You've Never Known About


Humphrey Bogart & Ingrid Bergman Characters Rick Blaine, Ilsa Lund Film Casablanca (USA

Humphrey Bogart & Ingrid Bergman Characters Rick Blaine, Ilsa Lund Film Casablanca (USA

Ilsa Lund. Ilsa is fiercely loyal to her husband, Laszlo, and the political cause—resistance to the Nazis—he represents, but the truth of her sentiments is constantly suspect. She claims to love Laszlo, but she also claims to be in love with Rick, both in Paris and in Casablanca. We might suspect that Rick is her great passion and that only.. Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman)'s Timeline and Summary. Ilsa meets, falls in love with and marries Victor Laszlo, a dashing political activist who charms her with his "I'm probably going to get you killed someday" vibe. After she is told that Victor died in a concentration camp, she meets, falls in love with and stands up Rick Blaine, whom she.