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When Warner Bros assigned twin brothers and screenwriters Julius Epstein and Philip Epstein to adapt a stage play for the big screen in 1942, no one could have predicted the impact it would have. <\/p>\n
Casablanca has since become one of the most recognisable and quotable films of all time, firmly embedded in Hollywood history. But what appears effortless on screen was anything but behind the scenes. <\/p>\n
The late Leslie Epstein, son and nephew of Julius and Philip respectively, tells Louis Harnett O\u2019Meara about the twins\u2019 hijinks and the challenges involved in the making of an all-time classic. An Ember production.<\/p>\n
Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there.<\/p>\n
For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more.<\/p>\n
Recent episodes explore everything from the death of Adolf Hitler, the first spacewalk and the making of the movie Jaws, to celebrity tortoise Lonesome George, the Kobe earthquake and the invention of superglue.<\/p>\n
We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: Eva Peron \u2013 Argentina\u2019s Evita; President Ronald Reagan and his famous \u2018tear down this wall\u2019 speech; Thomas Keneally on why he wrote Schindler\u2019s List; and Jacques Derrida, France\u2019s \u2018rock star\u2019 philosopher.<\/p>\n
You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the civil rights swimming protest; the disastrous D-Day rehearsal; and the death of one of the world\u2019s oldest languages.<\/p>\n
(Photo: Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca. Credit: United Achieves via Getty Image)<\/p>\n