# Casablanca **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 10, 2016, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casablanca/765510 "2016-09-10T09:53:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casablanca/765510/1 "2016-09-10T09:53:19Z")
A heads-up for UK Dopers: ITV 3 are showing Casablanca at 11:50 AM today. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casablanca/765510/2 "2016-09-10T10:45:54Z")
Is there a special occasion? Is it not often on? In the US I have not idea if it airs much on accessible cable channels. I pull out my copy around once a year. Glorious. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casablanca/765510/3 "2016-09-10T11:07:28Z")
It’s often shown on TCM. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casablanca/765510/4 "2016-09-10T16:03:27Z")
My DVD copy has a commentary by Roger Ebert. It’s been a while since I listened to it, but I remember the one thing he mentioned was that much of the cast (even those playing the Nazis) were refugees from Europe so the emotion during the La Marseillaise scene was genuine.