Paul Goldfinger still photograph from the 2020 movie "Curtiz." It depicts the set at the Warner Brothers  lot in Burbank, California.

 

By Paul Goldfinger,  Editor, Blogfinger.net

 

The 2020 Hungarian film Curtiz was about the making of Casablanca in  1942 starring  Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.  The director was Michael Curtiz, an immigrant film director from Hungary.

The movie Casablanca had 11 Oscar nominations and won 3  Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay.

Michael Curtiz was a prolific director who made 180 films in his career, some of which he directed in his native Hungary.

The black and white film, Curtiz, about him was fascinating.  It has been streaming.

 

"As Time Goes By" performed by Dooley Wilson who played Sam in the movie.  Sam is seated at the piano, and Ingrid Bergman says, "Play it Sam."