Casablanca (1942) was directed by Michael Curtiz and starred Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine, Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund, and Paul Henreid as Victor Laszlo. The film analyzes Rick Blaine's character through six key scenes, discussing how he retains control and represents masculinity through his interactions, positioning in frames, and dialogue. It also discusses representations of Ilsa Lund in images and the director Michael Curtiz's comments on her strength, honesty, and role as the "nexus of power" and fuel driving the narrative forward in the film's masculine universe.