Continuity mistake: When Major Strasser's plane is about to land the people stare at it, their heads are not moving. In the angle shot from behind they're moving from left to right following the plane's movement. Shot cuts back to the previous angle and their heads are motionless again.
Sacha
21st Jul 2022
Casablanca (1942)
18th Jul 2022
Casablanca (1942)
Continuity mistake: When the movie starts a man is shot next to a poster. A girl next to an archway appears/ disappears randomly between shots.
18th Jul 2022
Casablanca (1942)
Continuity mistake: When Ugarte says to Rick "You despise me", his cigarette swaps from long to short and from pointing upwards to down.
18th Jul 2022
Casablanca (1942)
Continuity mistake: Strassers' hands and arms constantly change positions when he talks to Rick: crossed, bent, hiding a notebook. (00:30:45)
9th Jul 2022
Casablanca (1942)
Continuity mistake: Renault blows his whistle and closes the cafe. From the immediate opposite angle his arm is lowered.
9th Jul 2022
Casablanca (1942)
Continuity mistake: When the roulette scene starts there is a man wearing a fez hat next to a guy, both giving their backs to the croupier. A shot later they've suddenly turned 180° around.
9th Jul 2022
Casablanca (1942)
Continuity mistake: When the German officer slaps a French guy who insulted a woman, the French guy's head swaps between tilted or straight depending on the angle. (01:10:44)
9th Jul 2022
Casablanca (1942)
Audio problem: Strasser arrives at Rick's and a woman is playing a guitar while the band behind plays all kinds of instruments, but just the piano is heard. It looks quite ridiculous. (01:09:29)
8th Jul 2022
Casablanca (1942)
Continuity mistake: When Rick goes to see Ferrari at the Blue Parrot they shake hands and the people behind drastically change between shots.
8th Jul 2022
Casablanca (1942)
Continuity mistake: Renault folds the paper he's holding, but a shot later he is writing on it. (00:01:25)
8th Jul 2022
Casablanca (1942)
Continuity mistake: In France, the way Rick holds Ilsa's goodbye note differs between the wide and close up shot.
8th Jul 2022
Casablanca (1942)
Continuity mistake: In France, when Rick tells Ilsa they must leave her left hand is next to her neck. In the following shot it's gone.
7th Jul 2022
Casablanca (1942)
Continuity mistake: When Ilsa shows up Rick's hand is on the bottle. A shot later it's away. (00:56:45)
7th Jul 2022
Casablanca (1942)
Continuity mistake: The man that tries to sell a ring to Laszlo holds it differently depending on the shot.
7th Jul 2022
Casablanca (1942)
Continuity mistake: When Ugarte escapes he turns around and shoots man by the door who falls backwards. From the immediate shot from behind the door the man is gone, and he's been replaced by a guard trying to exit through the door.
7th Jul 2022
Casablanca (1942)
Continuity mistake: Rick and Renault walk inside the cafe to grab the 20,000 francs while the Italian and French officers discuss. A woman turns around and stares at them. A shot later she is facing forward.
7th Jul 2022
Casablanca (1942)
Continuity mistake: Renault and Rick are watching the Lisbon airplane. Rick puts a cigarette in his mouth, unlit. From the angle shot from behind, the cigarette is gone, and smoke is coming from his hand below.
7th Jul 2022
Casablanca (1942)
Continuity mistake: When Rick signs the check, note the word OK. The handwriting is completely different between the first and second shot (a ribbon-like streak appears next to the K in the second shot).
7th Jul 2022
Casablanca (1942)
Continuity mistake: When Rick is about to sign the check, his left hand appears in the close-up shot, but disappears on the rest of the shots.
7th Jul 2022
Casablanca (1942)
Revealing mistake: When Major Strasser's plane lands it is an obvious scale model, where the runway is neat and perfect. In the following aerial shot of a real runway it is filled with oil spills and squiggles of tar.
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