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Casablanca (1942)
Where Casablanca says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
Almost nothing in Casablanca was filmed in Morocco: the whole city was built in a Burbank studio, apart from one airfield in Los Angeles.
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Scenes and places
Strasser lands in Casablanca (1941)
A German major arrives in Casablanca and is greeted by the city's police chief. Everyone waiting for a Lisbon exit visa knows what his visit means for them.
Set in Casablanca airfield — Major Strasser of the Third Reich steps off a plane and is welcomed by Captain Renault.
A real airfield in Los Angeles stands in for Casablanca's airport.
Filmed at Van Nuys Airport, Los Angeles — The only outdoor location: Strasser's arrival and close-ups of the Lockheed Electra were filmed here. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Rick's Café Américain (1941)
Rick claims to be neutral in everything, until the woman who left him walks in with her husband. She asks the piano player for the song Rick forbade, and Rick storms over.
Set in Rick's Café Américain (fictional) — Rick Blaine's nightclub and gambling den, full of refugees, Vichy officials and Germans. A restaurant that opened in 2004 recreates it in Casablanca.
The restaurant at these coordinates opened in 2004 as a recreation; the original was a studio set in California.
Filmed at Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank (studio set) — The café interior was a studio set; none of it was filmed in Morocco. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Paris, before the Germans came (1940)
In a flashback Rick and Ilsa fall in love in Paris as the German army closes in. They plan to flee together, and what happens next explains why Rick has turned bitter.
Set in Paris, June 1940 — The couple fall in love in Paris as the German army nears the city. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Paris here is a Hollywood backlot street dressed to look French.
Filmed at Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank (studio set) — The Paris street was an exterior set first built for another film, The Desert Song, and redressed; a few short stock-footage views of Paris were added. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The prefect's office (1941)
Laszlo is summoned the morning after the Marseillaise at Rick's. Strasser offers him a visa to Lisbon if he gives up the underground leaders across Europe.
Set in Captain Renault's police office — The office of Captain Louis Renault, the unabashedly corrupt prefect of police.
The seat of Renault's corrupt authority, where visas are granted and withheld.
Filmed at Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank (studio set) — Filmed on a studio set; no separate record of this set was found. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Blue Parrot (1941)
A refugee couple is sent to the underworld boss to find a way out, and Laszlo is told who to ask about the letters. The boss shares his suspicion that Rick has them.
Set in The Blue Parrot — Signor Ferrari's bar, the center of Casablanca's black market.
A bar with a live parrot, run by the man who trades in everything Casablanca lacks.
Filmed at Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank (studio set) — A studio set; the film's producer insisted on a real parrot in the bar. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The raid on the Resistance meeting (1941)
Laszlo narrowly escapes a police raid on a Resistance meeting and arrives at Rick's with a cut. Rick has Carl spirit Ilsa away before Laszlo notices.
Set in Resistance meeting place (unnamed) — A Resistance meeting that police break up; the place is never named in the plot.
An unnamed hideout in Casablanca; the film only shows its aftermath at Rick's.
Filmed at Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank (studio set) — A studio set; no separate record of this set was found. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The foggy airfield (1941)
Everyone converges on the airfield where the plane to Lisbon waits in the fog. The choice Rick makes here decides what happens to all four of them.
Set in Casablanca airfield, Lisbon flight — The airfield where the plane to Lisbon waits in the fog.
The most famous airfield in cinema was built on a soundstage.
Filmed at Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank (studio set) — The airfield was a studio set. Only Strasser's arrival and the Lockheed Electra close-ups were filmed at Van Nuys Airport. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Characters
- Rick Blaine — An American expatriate who runs a nightclub in Casablanca and says he is neutral about everything.
- Ilsa Lund — The woman who left Rick in Paris and walks back into his club with her husband.
- Victor Laszlo — A Czechoslovak Resistance leader who needs the letters of transit to escape.
- Captain Louis Renault — The unabashedly corrupt prefect of police in Casablanca.
Questions answered on the map
- Where was Strasser's arrival in Casablanca filmed?
- Where was Rick's Café in Casablanca really filmed?
- Where were the Paris flashbacks in Casablanca filmed?
- Where was the Blue Parrot bar in Casablanca filmed?
- Where was the foggy airfield at the end of Casablanca filmed?