Marie Madeleine Berthe Lebeau *1923, 2016☨, the last surviving cast member
One of the best moments of cinema is this scene from "Casablanca" [click]: The film came in 1942, a moment in time when fascism was very strong and successful. Democracy was defeated in many countries. In this film, many of the actors were émigrés from Europe: people who could not live under fascism, some were patriots, some were among the hated peoples of fascism, or their spouses. In this scene, the Germans are singing, "Wacht am Rhein", and the French patriots sing the Marseillaise, which was first called, "Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin". It was written in 1792, and became the national anthem (the first time) on July 14th 1795. This song has always been a song of resistance, and we must always oppose fascism.
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