Casablanca

4K Ultra HD

Blu Ray

  • Score
    96
    from 6 reviewers
  • Casablanca's 80th-anniversary Ultra HD Blu-ray debut amazes, retaining a film's emotional impact with enhanced image and sound quality.

    Casablanca
    1942
    102 min
    PG
    True 4K
    HDR10
  • Video
    98
  • The 80th Anniversary Edition of Casablanca on Ultra HD Blu-ray boasts a superb 4K master, preserving film grain and enhancing black levels, making it the definitive home video incarnation of this beloved American classic.

  • Audio
    93
  • The Casablanca audio has been meticulously restored, offering excellent dialogue clarity and upgraded sonic quality, preserving the original mono source in DTS-HD 2.0 Master Audio mix, while providing multiple language options.

  • Extra
    97
  • 2-disc Casablanca release includes Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray with commentaries, Lauren Bacall intro, Warner Night at the Movies, and bonus features. Comes in dual-hubbed keepcase, moody cover art, slipcover, and Digital Copy. Preserves rich extras from previous editions and provides authentic theater experience.

  • Movie
    98
  • Resistance leader Victor Laszlo seeks help from cynical American Rick Blaine in Casablanca, now released in 4K by Warner Bros. This unforgettable classic combines technical prowess, engaging story, and iconic performances, capturing our collective consciousness.

    True 4K
    HDR10

    Director: Michael Curtiz

    Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid

    Plot: A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.

    Disc Release Date: 8 November 2022

    all scores

    Blu-ray.com review by Randy Miller III
    • Video
      100
    • As mentioned earlier, the new 4K master created for this 80th Anniversary Edition differs from the 4K master used for Warner Bros.' 70th Anniversary Edition linked above... but to be fair, the overwhelming...

    • Audio
      100
    • The DTS-HD 2.0 Master Audio mix still preserves Casablanca's original mono source in this split-channel presentation, and likewise shows improvements over the 70th Anniversary Blu-ray, though to a smaller...

    • Extra
      90
    • This two-disc release ships in a dual-hubbed keepcase with moody cover art and a matching slipcover -- just ignore that the top image of Bogey is from a completely different film. A Digital Copy is also...

    • Movie
      100
    • Buy it again, Sam.Keeping their tradition of perpetually celebrating five and ten-year anniversary increments, Warner Bros. has finally released catalog staple Casablanca to 4K, replacing their own 70th...

    • Total
      90
    • Michael Curtiz's Casablanca is one of the most respected films of all time, a true Golden Age classic and career-defining production for much of its cast and crew. Warner Bros. celebrates its 80th anniversary...

    The Digital Bits review by Barrie Maxwell
    • Video
      100
    • [Editor’s Note: When Casablanca first appeared on HD disc in 2007, our late friend and Classic Coming Attractions columnist Barrie Maxwell wrote a lengthy review here on The Digital Bits—one that, I believe,...

    • Audio
      85
    • The film’s sonic quality has been upgraded too, thanks to a new audio restoration designed to enhance the overall clarity and frequency response of the original theatrical mono mix....

    • Extra
      95
    • ...

    • Movie
      100
    • [Editor’s Note: When Casablanca first appeared on HD disc in 2007, our late friend and Classic Coming Attractions columnist Barrie Maxwell wrote a lengthy review here on The Digital Bits—one that, I believe,...

    • Total
      95
    • It’s hard to imagine today the emotional impact Casablanca must have had on audiences in 1942, debuting as it did only a year after America’s entrance into World War II....

    • Video
      100
    • Grain is not only preserved but resolved without a single instance of compression to find....

    • Audio
      100
    • Even the dialog sounds new, completely defying how early Casablanca entered the sound era....

    • Extra
      80
    • Night at the Movies a vastly underrated bonus, replicating the classic theatrical experience with trailers, newsreels, and cartoons, becoming a transition into the main feature....

    • Movie
      100
    • It’s easier for him to lie down for the invading forces than remember a short, heated relationship in Paris....

    • Total
      95
    • The iconic example of showmanship and relevance, Casablanca remains a masterpiece for its absolute power over audiences....

    High-Def Digest review by David Krauss
    • Video
      100
    • I've seen every home video incarnation of Casablanca dating all the way back to the VHS days, and this 2160p/HEVC H.265 transfer with HDR outclasses every other rendering. I expected to be wowed and I...

    • Audio
      90
    • Long overdue for a complete remastering, the Casablanca audio finally gets one here. According to the press release, "The original theatrical mono audio has also been newly restored as well, providing...

    • Extra
      100
    • Warner does not add any new supplements to this 4K UHD release, but with previous editions of Casablanca containing such a rich treasure trove of extras, who can blame them? Thankfully, most - but not...

    • Movie
      100
    • "You must remember this..."Do we ever. Countless movies are unforgettable and make indelible impressions upon us, but without flash or fanfare Casablanca has etched itself into our collective consciousness...

    • Total
      100
    • If you thought Casablanca could never look or sound any better, think again. With a brand-new HDR transfer struck from a 4K 16bit scan of the best-surviving nitrate elements and newly remastered audio,...

    AVSForum review by Ralph Potts
    • Video
      96
    • Those that have been waiting for this beloved piece of American Cinema to come to Ultra HD Blu-ray have been rewarded with this excellent technical offering from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment....

    • Audio
      80
    • The auditory is clean and free of unwanted clicks, pops or background hiss. Dialogue intelligibility is excellent as it is never lost amidst the other sounds coming through the central channel...

    • Extra
      100
    • Disc 1: Casablanca Ultra HD Blu-rayDisc 2: Casablanca Blu-ray• Commentary by Roger Ebert• Commentary by Rudy Behlmer• Introduction by Lauren Bacall• Warner Night at the Movieso Now, Voyager trailero Newsreelo...

    • Movie
      100
    • Such a man is Resistance leader Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), whose only hope is Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), a cynical American who sticks his neck out for no one - especially Victor's wife Ilsa (Ingrid...

    • Total
      94
    • Debuting for the first time on Ultra HD Blu-ray, this presentation looks marvelous. The film’s original elements appear intact and yield image and sound quality that probably rival it theatrical presentation...

    Why So Blu? review by Brandon Peters
    • Video
      100
    • Black Levels: Blacks are deep and natural and really paint the picture of the film better than they ever have....

    • Audio
      90
    • 2.0 Dolby Digital, Czech 2.0 Mono Dolby Digital, Hungarian 2.0 Mono Dolby Digital, Polish 2.0 Mono Dolby DigitalSubtitles: English SDH, French, German SDH, Italian SDH, Spanish (Castilian), Netherlands,...

    • Extra
      100
    • As Time Goes By: The Children Remember (SD, 6:45)Additional FootageDeleted Scenes (SD, 1:40) Outtakes (SD, 4:58)...

    • Movie
      100
    • A fantastic story that pulls from almost every genre’s elements to culminate in such a lightning in the bottle effort of technical prowess, engaging story and characters, and performances that would echo...

    • Total
      100
    • The video transfer and restoration is the only difference between this and the previous Blu-ray release (included in this package)....