Citizen Kane Synopsis & Movie Info

Synopsis

Orson Welles' groundbreaking masterpiece chronicles the rise of newspaper publisher Charles Foster Kane (Welles) whose wealth and power make him a titan among men, but whose faults and compromises leave him a solitary man on his deathbed where his underlings puzzle over the meaning of his dying word: "Rosebud." -

Movie Info

Starring:
Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins, Ruth Warrick, more cast
Theatrical Release Date:
05/01/1950
DVD Release Date:
09/25/2001
Rating:
PG
Run Time:
119 min.
Distributor(s):
RKO Pictures
Production Co.:
Mercury Productions
Director(s):
Orson Welles
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery, Drama
Themes:
Scandals, Rise To Power, Haunted By the Past
Tone:
Ironic, Literate, Poignant, Sweeping, Enigmatic, Melancholy, Atmospheric
Keywords:
opera, career, suicide, ambition, business, marriage, publisher, journalism, loneliness, politician, rags-to-riches, upward-mobility
Language:
English
Status:
DVD

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