Citizen Kane (1941)

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Written by Herman J. Mankiewicz

Directed by Orson Welles

Running Time: 119 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1941

Rating: U Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Black and White

Considered by thousands to be the best film of all time, this movie tells the story of multimillionaire newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles).

When Kane dies dies alone in his lavish mansion, Xanadu, he speaks a single word while droping a snow-scene ball which he was examining at the time. The word was "Rosebud".

In a desperate attempt to find the meaning of the word, a newsreel reporter called Jebediah Leland (Joseph Cotten) tracks down all the people he worked and lived with.

The friends and colleagues tell their stories which is shown to us in a series of flashbacks that details how Kane amassed his fortune and turning full circle at the end.

Cast

Joseph CottenJedediah Leland
Dorothy ComingoreSusan Alexander Kane
Agnes MooreheadMary Kane
Ruth WarrickEmily Monroe Norton Kane
Ray CollinsJames W. Gettys
Erskine SanfordHerbert Carter
Everett SloaneMr. Bernstein
William AllandJerry Thompson
Paul StewartRaymond
George CoulourisWalter Parks Thatcher
Fortunio BonanovaSignor Matiste
Gus SchillingThe Headwaiter
Philip Van ZandtMr. Rawlston
Georgia BackusBertha Anderson
Harry ShannonKane's Father
Sonny BuppCharles Foster Kane III
Buddy SwanKane age eight
Orson WellesCharles Foster Kane

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