No country should change a man's character.
Hollywood, 1942. The US government pressures Hungarian-born film director Michael Curtiz, who is about to finish shooting Casablanca, to accentuate the film's propaganda message in order to sway public opinion in favor of the country's intervention in the European war.
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Ferenc Lengyel Evelin Dobos Declan Hannigan Scott Alexander Young József Gyabronka Nikolett Barabas Yan Feldman Rafael Feldman Christopher Krieg Andrew Hefler Lili Bordán Dániel Gábori Caroline Boulton Eszter Nagy-Kálózy Jeremy Wheeler Árpád Szöczi Altay Lawrence Christine Grace Szarkó Bob Atkins Csenge Tálas Petra Juronics Ladislav Mellár Roland Elzer László Barna Szücs Elin Inez Topolánszky Claudia Sümeghy Tamás Yvan Topolánszky Oscar Reyes Lawrence Masella Kata Sarbó Michael Plyler Roderick Hill Sándor Köleséri Maria Douwes Johnny K. Palmer Björn Freiberg Villó Könczei Zsuzsanna Bíró Michael Treder Tamás Sásdi Lainey D. Molnár Georgina Garamszegi Viktória Kopper Brigitta Barabás Gábor Subicz Áron Komjáti Márton Soós Dávid Ülkei Balázs Bukovinszki David Miller Anna Johnsson Gervais Weekes Ian O'Donnell Judy Greenberg Carl Romey Franklin D. Roosevelt
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