Casablanca – 1953 – Luigi Martinati

Casablanca, is a wartime romantic drama, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. It is a film that consistently ranks as one of the greatest films ever made. Because of World War II it took a long time for the film to make its way around the world. Many European cities devastated by war began rebuilding their infrastructure including theatres and cinemas. Casablanca’s continued success throughout the 1940s led to a re-release in the 1950s. This stunning Casablanca poster was created for the Italian re-release of the film, which didn’t come out until 1953. It features a stunning portrait of Bogart and co-star Ingrid Bergman by Luigi Martinati, this rare poster  is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful Casablanca posters ever created, it sold at an online auction in 2016 for $203,150.

In 1989, was one of the first 25 films selected for preservation in the United States national Film Registry as being deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” Here’s looking at you, kid.

Our posters are carefully and professionally created from vintage originals. Whilst great care is taken in the production of these posters, we also try to maintain a vintage feel, so there may be small imperfections, fold marks, scuffs, tears or marks that were part of the original poster master. If these do appear they should be visible on the larger views of the item on this listing. The originals of many of the posters we offer can cost many thousands of pounds, so whilst these posters look great, especially framed and mounted on a wall, they are intended as a fun, affordable reproductions and not intended fine art prints.

The 50x70cm version has been specially produced to be used in conjunction with Ikea’s 50x70cm Ribba picture frame which currently retails for around £12. So you can bag a print and frame for a great price.