Учебно-методическое пособие по работе с видеофильмом "Casablanca". Дворжец О.С. - 37 стр.

    'And you refused to accept my offer. Instead, you gave them to me – or       7.
perhaps I should say, you gave the letters to her.'                                  'My father was from Vienna,' Laszlo responded. 'But I feel myself Czech.
    'That's true,' muttered Rick.                                                Czech was my mother tongue. I was raised with the stories of Czech heroes,
    'I was prepared – we were prepared – to do anything to get out of Casa-      of Sarka and of the great rock at Vysehrad, and of Hradcany Castle, the an-
blanca. Ilsa's feelings for you were immaterial to me, as long as she and I      cient residence of the Kings of Bohemia. In Czechoslovakia, we have been
could escape, to continue our work here.' Laszlo poured himself a small glass    struggling against the Germans for hundreds of years.
of water from a carafe on the table. 'A world war is no time to let personal         They tried to destroy our language, they tried to destroy our people. They
emotions interfere with a cause. Your decision to join us superseded in my       colonized Bohemia and Moravia, they forbade our music to be played in our
mind any designs you may have had on my wife. Therefore, let us seal the         theaters. Although we are Slavs, they have dragooned our blondest, most
bargain we made in Casablanca.'                                                  blue-eyed women into their evil Lebensborn program, and the rest of us they
    Laszlo stood. 'I offer you my hand, not in friendship, for I know that we    would enslave, as they would enslave all the Slavs whom they do not kill.
can never be friends. Instead, I give it to you in comradeship.'                 Where, in fact, does your English word "slave" come from, if not from
    Several seconds elapsed before Rick extended his hand. Victor took it.       "Slav"?
'Laszlo. I'll do everything my conscience will allow me to do for both you and       He turned to Rick. 'Yes, Mr. Blaine, it is personal. It has always been per-
Ilsa. Just how much that is will be determined by me and me alone. Agreed?'      sonal. And you dare criticize me – you, who have never spent one minute en-
    'Once again,' said Laszlo, 'welcome back to the fight.'                      joying the hospitality of Reinhard Heydrich and his ilk! You, who have never
                                                                                 seen your loved ones killed – simply for being your loved ones….'
6.                                                                                   'I wouldn't be too sure of that,' Rick said under his breath.
    Now, Mr. Blain, our struggle is also your struggle. The major pointed to         Laszlo, however, had not heard him. 'You, from a country which has never
one of several wall maps.                                                        suffered in wartime, never seen the slaughter of its people, never been chal-
    Miles's voice commanded attention. 'We believe that a bomb is the best       lenged upon the international stage. You, with your jazz music and your sky-
way to dispose of Herr Heydrich, the head of the Reich security service. Mr.     scrapers and your Negroes and your Chicago gangsters. You, safe and secure
Laszlo has made a convincing case for a bomb attack, effected during one of      behind your Atlantic Ocean barrier. While we Czechs sit in the heart of
Heydrich's daily drives through the city.'                                       Europe, surrounded by enemies and yearning for freedom!' Laszlo wrung his
    Major Miles, Rick decided, was all business and no heart. He was a good      hands. 'You say this is personal with me? I say – it should also be personal
British officer. He would have made a good gangster.                             with you!'
    Sir Harold indicated a large map of the city of Prague. 'One of the argu-        'Maybe it is,' said Rick.
ments in favor of such a plan is the very nature of the streets of Prague. The       Laszlo fell silent for a moment. Then he spoke: 'You mean my wife.' It
medieval city is essentially intact, which allows a potential assassin to get    was a statement, not a question.
very close almost unnoticed. For that same reason, a sniper attack is less de-
sirable. A rifle poking from an open window is too easily spotted.'              8.
    'You mean it's far too dangerous for a sniper, then?' asked Renault.            I was just a silly girl, only fifteen, but already I knew what a great man fa-
    'No, monsieur Renault,' Major Miles corrected. 'I mean it offers too much    ther was, about the important work he was doing for my King and for my
opportunity for failure. It could seriously compromise the success of the mis-   country. 'I never worried about thy parents back home in Oslo. Who would
sion and therefore embarrass His Majesty's government.'                          have imagined that the Nazis would invade Norway? Then, in April of 1940,
                                                                                 they did. Everyone was taken completely by surprise. Yes, the British had

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