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  1. Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid.

    • Paul Henreid

      Early life. Paul Henreid was born on January 10, 1908, as...

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      Casablanca (film) is a featured article; it (or a previous...

    • Julius J. Epstein

      Julius J. Epstein (August 22, 1909 – December 30, 2000) was...

    • Casablanca

      Located on the Atlantic coast of the Chaouia plain in the...

    • Conrad Veidt

      Hans Walter Conrad Veidt (/ f aɪ t /; 22 January 1893 – 3...

    • Murray Burnett

      In February 1991, Everybody Comes to Rick's was produced by...

    • Peter Lorre

      Peter Lorre (German: [ˈpeːtɐ ˈlɔʁə]; born László Löwenstein,...

    • S. Z. Sakall

      Szőke Szakáll (born Jakab Grünwald, other names: Gärtner...

    • Corinna Mura

      Corinna Mura (born Corinna Wall; March 16, 1910 – August 1,...

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    Leo Africanus defined Anfa as a city built by the Romans in his famous Descrittione dell’Africa(Description of Africa), written in the 16th century. The area which is today Casablanca was founded and settled by the Berbers by about the 10th century BC.It was used as a port by the Phoenicians and later by the Romans. Romans occupied the area in 15 B...

    A large Berber tribe, the Barghawata, settled in the area between the rivers Bou Regreg to the north and Oum er-Rbia to the south. It established itself as an independent Berber kingdom in Tamasna around in 744 AD following the Berber Revolt against the Umayyad Caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik. It remained until it was conquered by the Almoravidsin 1...

    During the 14th century, under the Zenata Merinid Dynasty, the town rose in importance as a port and in the early 15th century, became independent once again. It emerged as a safe harbor for Barbary pirates. In 1468, the city was captured and destroyed by the Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves under Rei Afonso V the African. The Portuguese used t...

    In the 19th century Casablanca became a major supplier of wool to the booming textile industry in Britain and shipping traffic increased (the British, in return, began importing Morocco's now famous national drink, gunpowder tea). By the 1860s, there were around 5,000 residents, and the population grew to around 10,000 by the late 1880s. Casablanca...

    French Invasion

    Following the Treaty of Algeciras in 1906, which granted the French holding company La Compagnie Marocaine rights to build modern ports in Casablanca and in Asfi, construction at the port of Casablanca began on May 2, 1907. A narrow gauge railway extending from the port to a quarry in Roches Noires for stones to build the breakwater, passed over the Sidi Belyoutnecropolis, an area held sacred by the Moroccans. In addition, the French had started to control the customs. On July 28, a delegatio...

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    The city overflowed outside of its walls; a West African quarter and a mass of sordid adobe constructions. were built around Bab Marrakesh.The market gate was surrounded by warehouses and shops. inside the walls, was is the Moroccan city, semi-modern in places: winding streets, point or poorly paved, that the slightest rain changes in mud-holes, narrow squares, tightened between terraced houses, low and without architecture A apart from the mosques, a few residential doors and the German cons...

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    Hubert Lyautey was the first French military governor in Morocco, with the title résident général. In 1913, Lyautey invited Henri Prost to handle the urban planning of Moroccan cities, and his work in Casablanca was lauded for applying principles of urbanization. The ville européenne or "European city" fanned out Eastward around Casablanca's medina, or—as the French called it—la ville indigène. The area just outside the eastern walls of the medina, which had previously been used as a market s...

    In April 1953, film Salut Casa!—a "pseudo-documentary" propaganda piece intended for French audiences—played at the Cannes Film Festival. The film shows the colonial machine carrying out its mission civilizatrice at full steam. The French government described Casablanca as a "laboratory of urbanism," and the French urbanist Michel Écochard—director...

    During the 1940s and 1950s, Casablanca was a major center of anti-colonial struggle. In 1947, when the Sultan went to the Tangier International Zone to deliver a speech requesting independence from colonial powers, the first stage of the Revolution of the King and the People, French colonial forces instigated a conflict between Senegalese Tirailleu...

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    Located on the Atlantic coast of the Chaouia plain in the central-western part of Morocco, the city has a population of about 3.71 million in the urban area, and over 4.27 million in Greater Casablanca, making it the most populous city in the Maghreb region, and the eighth-largest in the Arab world.

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  4. Apr 2, 2024 · Casablanca is a 1942 film about an American expatriate owner of an upscale club and gambling den in the Moroccan city of Casablanca who meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications. Directed by Michael Curtiz .

  5. Morocco gained independence in 1956, and Casablanca is now Morocco's largest city with a population of almost 4 million. It has the world's largest artificial port, but no ferry service of any kind. Casablanca is also the most liberal and progressive of Morocco's cities.

  6. During World War II, many people wanted to escape Europe for America, and Lisbon, Portugal, became the most popular port of exit. Getting to Lisbon was not easy. A tortuous refugee path brought people to Casablanca, where they would search for an exit visa for Portugal.

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