Casablanca, which premiered nationwide 80 years ago today, is more than just a love story. It is a film about refugees fleeing during wartime — where many of the actors playing those roles were, in fact, refugees.
Helmut Dantine was one such actor. Dantine was born in Austria and, as a teenager, became the leader of the anti-Nazi youth movement in Vienna. When the Nazis annexed Austria in March of 1938, they promptly arrested 19-year-old Dantine.
"He was drop dead gorgeous," says his widow Niki Dantine."He would walk in the room and the ladies would straighten the seams in their stockings.", Dantine plays Jan Brandel, a young refugee who has fled Europe with his wife. In one scene, Jan is playing roulette, hoping to win enough money to buy their exit visas. But he's losing. Seeing his predicament, Rick rigs the game to help Jan win, essentially gifting them the cash to secure the couple's passage to America.
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