Kazablan
1973 · 122 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 372 VOTES · DIR. Menahem Golan
Overview
An adaptation of a popular Israeli stage musical. Kazablan is an army veteran turned gang leader in the Israeli port of Jaffa who masks his feelings of bitterness with a lot of bravado. He's sweet on Rachel, a young woman who lives with her father and stepmother. The budding relationship scandalizes the neighbors (not to mention Rachel's parents) and infuriates Yanush, a middle-aged shoe store owner who wants Rachel for himself. (Yanush feels he's entitled to marry Rachel since they're both Ashkenazi Jews of Eastern European origins, whereas Kazablan is a Sephardic Jew from Morocco.) The neighborhood has something else to worry about besides the antics of Kazablan and his gang: the city wants to tear down their crumbling homes. The residents pool their resources to save their houses, but the money that's collected is stolen. When he's jailed for the theft, Kazablan must find a way to clear himself.
Dialogue Timeline — 276 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
01:30:49 Attacking an officer. Carrying a hand weapon.
01:31:33 In six years you never found me?
01:32:22 He didn't know my address and couldn't send me an invitation.
01:33:03 The money that got you in here... did you take it?
01:33:45 Of course. Soon the city will come and start demolishing.
01:38:08 "Demo, demo, democracy.
01:39:43 "we have reached the conclusion
01:40:48 Your body is outside, but your heart is in prison.
01:41:26 A Sephardic husband is a good thing.
01:42:06 You haven't seen me in six years. What do you know about me?
01:42:53 What do you think?
01:44:34 "Getting hot over everything, having a temper.
01:45:50 "So no one will laugh at Casablan.
01:46:57 I know you took the money.
01:47:39 Casa... -Get out!
01:48:10 Wait.
01:50:22 Casa, do you want to have a drink with me now
01:51:57 "Eliyahu, the covenant maker.
01:52:51 "Blessed are you, believers.
01:54:45 What will be his name?
01:55:25 Wait, I'll get him.
01:56:38 Yosef Simantov. -Yosef Simantov Casablan.
01:57:59 "This little one will be great. This little one will be great.