Director Michael Curtiz followed Casablanca with Passage to Marseille, the story of Mantrac (Humphrey Bogart), a French journalist during World War II who plans an elaborate escape from an unjust imprisonment on Devil’s Island. Adapted from the novella Men Without Country by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall, the film synthesizes literature and reality, as Curtiz recounts the fictional tale of Mantrac’s escape and its frustrating repercussions. Curtiz addresses themes of French patriotism in a complicated series of flashbacks that provide insight into the personal struggles of the French citizens. Passage to Marseille reteams most of the Casablanca ensemble: Humphrey Bogart, Sydney Greenstreet, Corrina Mura, Louis Mercier, Claude Rains and, of course, Peter Lorre.