Citizen Kane

Updated: 18 Jul 2022

Directors:

Orson Welles Orson Welles Richard Baer George Schaefer Bernard Herrmann Gregg Toland Robert Wise Van Nest Polglase Edward Stevenson Vernon L. Walker Orson Welles Herman J. Mankiewicz Roger Q. Denny John Houseman Mollie Kent Tom Steele Mel Berns Rufus Le Maire Darrell Silvera Layne Britton Maurice Seiderman Pandro S. Berman J.R. Crone Lee S. Marcus Edward Donahue Fred Fleck George Cave John Houseman Mark Robson Elizabeth McGaffey Alexander Kahle Vic Jones Phil Stern John Aalberg Clem Portman Claire Cramer Ernest Bachrach Charles Sayers

Actors:

Orson Welles Joseph Cotten Dorothy Comingore Ray Collins George Coulouris Agnes Moorehead Paul Stewart Ruth Warrick Erskine Sanford William Alland Everett Sloane Fortunio Bonanova Gus Schilling Philip Van Zandt Georgia Backus Harry Shannon Sonny Bupp Buddy Swan Gregg Toland Don Ackerman Nat 'King' Cole Gino Corrado Maurice Costello Demetrius Alexis Gene Coogan Art Dupuis Rudy Germane Mike Lally Walter Lawrence John Northpole Victor Romito Bob Terry William Alston Jack Gargan Bert Moorhouse Carmen Laroux Sam Ash Buddy Messinger Terrance Ray Sally Corner Walter Bacon Herbert Corthell Harry A. Bailey Danny Borzage J.J. Clark Tom Coleman Carl Deloro Jack Egan Robert Haines Ludwig Lowry John McCormack Hercules Mendez Paddy O'Flynn Sam Rice Don Roberts Larry Wheat Larry Williams Joan Blair Morgan Brown Harry Burkhardt Edmund Cobb Eddie Coke Louis Natheaux Arthur O'Connell Guy Repp Tom Steele Richard Wilson Louise Currie Walter Sande Jan Wiley Milton Kibbee Buck Mack Alan Ladd Thomas A. Curran Jack Curtis George Noisom Gerald Pierce Donna Dax George DeNormand Bud Geary Bert LeBaron Clyde McAtee Cyril Ring Roland Winters Lew Harvey Herman J. Mankiewicz Eddie Dew Perc Launders John Dilson Walter James Robert Dudley Suzanne Dulier Al Eben Johnny Eckert Carl Ekberg Edith Evanson Carl Faulkner Juanita Fields Edna Mae Jones Leda Nicova Jolane Reynolds Suzanne Ridgeway Olin Francis Louise Franklin Renee Godfrey Peter Gowland Jimmy Grant Jesse Graves Ernest Grooney Jack Gwynne Teddy Mangean Henry Hebert Bryan 'Slim' Hightower Mitchell Ingraham Philip Morris Francis Sayles George W. Jimenez Ellen Lowe James T. Mack Mickey Martin Bruce Sidney Major McBride Frank McLure Charles Meakin Edward Peil Jr. Irving Mitchell Frances E. Neal Lillian Nicholson Joseph North William H. O'Brien Field Norton Dick Scott Frank O'Connor Russ Powell Bert Stevens Thomas Pogue Lillian O'Malley Jack Raymond Gohr Van Vleck Myrtle Rishell Benny Rubin Shimen Ruskin George Sherwood Edward Ryan Landers Stevens Harry J. Vejar Tudor Williams Arthur Yeoman Tim Davis Charles Bennett Arthur Kay

Genre:

Mystery, Drama

Country: no data

Year: 1941

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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.

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Martin Scorsese

Director, Screenwriter

41 followers

63 FLIISTs

almost 5 years ago

Orson Welles was a force of nature, who just came in and wiped the slate clean. And Citizen Kane is the greatest risk-taking of all time in film. I don’t think anything had even seen anything quite like it. The photography was also unlike anything we’d seen. The odd coldness of the filmmaker towards the character reflects his own egomania and power, and yet a powerful empathy for all of them–it’s very interesting. It still holds up, and it’s still shocking. It takes storytelling and throws it up in the air.

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Viola Davis

Actress

19 followers

63 FLIISTs

over 4 years ago

And your favorite movie? It’s a cross between Network and Citizen Kane. Whenever they’re on TV, I am just totally transformed.

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Chuck Palahniuk

Writer, Screenwriter

23 followers

54 FLIISTs

over 4 years ago

As in movies, the only parts that matter are the beginning and the end. Consider the long slog through the middle of Citizen Kane. How often have you fast-forwarded to get to Susan Alexander's aria nearer the end? If the beginning and end are strong we'll forgive the boring stretch between.

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Ben Shapiro

Entrepreneur, Journalist

31 followers

145 FLIISTs

over 4 years ago

“John Wick 3” may be the greatest film since “Citizen Kane.” Probably not. But maybe.

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Donald Trump

Politician, Entrepreneur

145 followers

53 FLIISTs

5 years ago

Orsen Welles' classic fictional take on the life of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst is reportedly one of Trump's favorite films. "I think you learn in 'Kane' that maybe wealth isn't everything," Trump once said of the film in an unreleased documentary. "Because he had the wealth, but he didn't have the happiness." It's a remarkably self-aware comment, given Trump's frequent boasting of his wealth.

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