Sacrifice In The Film Casablanca

Casablanca is a film that captures various themes that can be translated by the audience. The film, which was released in nineteen forty-two, was directed while most of the world was fighting in World War Two. The film captures the aspect of romance while also capturing the political view of war. Casablanca captures the theme of sacrifice throughout the numerous scenes of the film. In the opening scenes of the movie, Germany is shown occupying France which causes confusion in who oversees the government. The guards are seen checking any suspicious people, in order to make sure that France is becoming the perfect spot to be governed. In this opening scene, a man is killed because he provided false documentation and then tried to flee. While many of the audience may see this as an act of violence, the guards can be seen doing it out of sacrifice. The sacrifice comes into play when the guards kill the man. This is sacrifice because the guards are …show more content…
One sacrifice he makes is letting everyone come into his café. This is a sacrifice because Rick is letting all the people come into his café to seek safety while he knows that the guards are looking for the refugees. His café, in a way, is similar to America in that it allows all the people to come in and find their own place of safety. He risks the guards coming in to cause a fight while looking for someone, even though his café is corrupt in many of ways. The riskiest move he made is letting Victor and Ilsa stay in the café. This was a sacrifice because he had to deal with his ex-lover being in the same café with him while she is around her husband. The guards warned Rick that Victor was going to come in trying to find a way to get to America. This is where Rick had to sacrifice his safety in order to help Victor get the things he needed to get to America. Rick does this because he sees the bigger picture and wants to help the greater