Citizen Kane (1941)
Directed by and starring Orson Welles in his feature film debut, Citizen Kane tells the life story of Charles Foster Kane, a self-made business tycoon partially based on William Randolph Hearst. The film tells the story of Kane's rise and fall from power, narratively framed by the sensation caused by death at the beginning and end of the film. Besides Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins, Agnes Moorehead, and Ruth Warrick also star.
Citizen Kane
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- Director
- Orson Welles
- Release Date
- April 17, 1941
- Studio(s)
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Paramount Pictures , Warner Bros. Pictures
- Cast
- Orson Welles , Joseph Cotten , Dorothy Comingore , Agnes Moorehead , Ruth Warrick , Ray Collins
- Writers
- Herman J. Mankiewicz , Orson Welles , John Houseman , Roger Q. Denny , Mollie Kent
- Runtime
- 119 minutes
- Budget
- $840 thousand
Summary
Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance; 'Rosebud'.
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