Great, great movie

Rating: 10/10 (11 April 2005)

I must say I loved this movie. Humphrey Bogart is outstanding, as is Ingid Bergman, and Claude Rains goes beyond almost anything I could imagine. One scene in particular stands out, in which a number of drunken German officers are singing a German anthem very loudly. People just stand and watch them, not daring to anything about it, but obviously not pleased. Then Victor Laszlo decides that he has had enough of this, and instructs the band to play Les Marseilles (please excuse my probably incorrect spelling), the French anthem. After a nod from Rick, the band starts up, and Victor begins singing it at the top of his voice. All the rest of the café joins in, and it swells to such a noise, that the Germans can no longer be heard, and they promptly sit down, looking angry. This (in my opinion) is one of the best scenes ever shot.