Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
Title | Citizen Kane |
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Year | 1941 |
Genre | Mystery, Drama |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | Mercury Productions, RKO Radio Pictures |
Cast | Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins, George Coulouris, Agnes Moorehead |
Crew | Orson Welles (Screenplay), Herman J. Mankiewicz (Screenplay), Vernon L. Walker (Special Effects), Bernard Herrmann (Original Music Composer), Van Nest Polglase (Art Direction), Edward Stevenson (Costume Design) |
Keyword | media tycoon, florida, art collector, newspaper, capitalist, journalist, sleigh, banker, american dream, failure, money, snowglobes, child, pretentious, based on real person |
Release | Apr 17, 1941 |
Runtime | 119 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 8.00 / 10 by 5,528 users |