Citizen Kane
1941
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Synopsis
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.
Key facts
Cast
William Alland, Ray Collins, Dorothy Comingore, Joseph Cotten, George Coulouris, Agnès Moorehead, Erskine Sanford, Everett Sloane
Original language
English
First release
April 17, 1941 (Belgium)
Production companies
RKO Pictures
Awards
Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, National Board of Review: Top Ten Films, National Board of Review Award for Best Film
Setting
New York City, Florida
Filming locations
San Diego, Malibu
Crew
Screenplay
Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles
Producer
Orson Welles
Cinematography
Gregg Toland
Editing
Robert Wise
Music
Bernard Herrmann
Trailer
Stills
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Festival History
- Couch Film Festival 2020
- AFI Fest 2016 generic - Cinema's Legacy
- Locarno International Film Festival 1991 generic
- National Film Preservation Board 1989 generic
- Berlin International Film Festival 1985 generic
- Academy Awards 1942 academy_award
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1941
Titles
| Original title | Citizen Kane | |
| Alternate title | O Mundo a seus pes |
Soundtracks
| CD | Citizen Kane (Film Music By Bernard Herrmann) - Bernard Herrmann (1988) | 2 releases, 1988: Decca, London Records |
| Cassette | Citizen Kane (Film Music By Bernard Herrmann) - Bernard Herrmann (1988) | 1 release, 1988: London Records |
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | Belgium | April 17, 1941 |
| Theatrical | Canada | April 17, 1941 |
| Television | Finland | April 17, 1941 |
| Theatrical | Ireland | April 17, 1941 |
| Theatrical | Norway | April 17, 1941 |
| Theatrical | Sweden | April 17, 1941 |
| Theatrical | United States | May 6, 1941 |
| Theatrical | Mexico | June 6, 1941 |
| Theatrical | Brazil | June 16, 1941 |
| Theatrical | Philippines | July 31, 1941 |
| Theatrical | United States | September 5, 1941 |
| Theatrical | Portugal | October 27, 1941 |
| Theatrical | Portugal | December 10, 1941 |
| Theatrical | Australia | January 23, 1942 |
| Theatrical | United Kingdom | January 24, 1942 |
| Theatrical | France | July 2, 1946 |
| Theatrical | Indonesia | January 16, 1947 |
| Theatrical | Hungary | July 28, 1947 |
| Theatrical | Czechoslovakia | October 3, 1947 |
| Theatrical | Poland | January 1, 1948 |
| Theatrical | Belgium | February 5, 1948 |
| Theatrical | Netherlands | February 5, 1948 |
| Theatrical | Denmark | May 12, 1948 |
| Theatrical | Italy | November 25, 1948 |
| Theatrical | Austria | September 2, 1949 |
| Theatrical | United States | May 25, 1956 |
| Theatrical | Germany | June 29, 1962 |
| Theatrical | Japan | June 14, 1966 |
| Theatrical | Spain | March 31, 1989 |
| Theatrical | United States | May 1, 1991 |
| Theatrical | Czech Republic | January 18, 2001 |
| Theatrical | France | March 20, 2002 |
| Theatrical | South Korea | June 16, 2007 |
| Television | Netherlands | May 17, 2009 |
| Theatrical | Greece | October 12, 2023 |
| Theatrical | Indonesia | October 18, 2025 |
| Classification | Germany | 12 |
| Classification | United Kingdom | U |
Versions & editions
| Home video | United States | December 3, 1984 |
| Home video | United States | August 22, 1991 |
| Home video | United States | February 26, 1992 |
| Home video | United States | September 25, 2001 |
| Home video | United States | September 13, 2011 |
| Home video | Netherlands | April 2, 2013 |
| Home video | United States | November 23, 2021 |
| Home video | New Zealand | July 14, 2025 |
Full credits
| Director | Orson Welles |
| Cast | William Alland, Ray Collins, Dorothy Comingore, Joseph Cotten, George Coulouris, Agnès Moorehead, Erskine Sanford, Everett Sloane, Paul Stewart, Ruth Warrick, Orson Welles, Fortunio Bonanova (Signor Matiste), Gus Schilling (John), Philip Van Zandt (Mr. Rawlston), Georgia Backus (Bertha Anderson), Harry Shannon (Jim Kane), Sonny Bupp (Charles Foster Kane III), Buddy Swan (Young Charles Foster Kane), Gregg Toland (Interviewer), Don Ackerman (Man at Party in Everglades (uncredited)), Gino Corrado (Gino (uncredited)), Maurice Costello (Extra (uncredited)), Demetrius Alexis (Newsreel Man (uncredited)), Gene Coogan (Newsreel Man (uncredited)), Art Dupuis (Newsreel Man (uncredited)), Rudy Germane (Newsreel Man (uncredited)), Mike Lally (Newsreel Man (uncredited)), Walter Lawrence (Newsreel Man (uncredited)), John Northpole (Newsreel Man (uncredited)), Victor Romito (Newsreel Man (uncredited)), Bob Terry (Newsreel Man (uncredited)), William Alston (Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited)), Jack Gargan (Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited)), Bert Moorhouse (Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited)), Carmen Laroux (Maid in Xanadu Hall (uncredited)), Sam Ash (Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)), Buddy Messinger (Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)), Terrance Ray (Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)), Sally Corner (Woman at Boat Dock (uncredited)), Walter Bacon (City Room Employee (uncredited)), Herbert Corthell (City Editor (uncredited)), Harry A. Bailey (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)), Danny Borzage (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)), J.J. Clark (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)), Tom Coleman (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)), Carl Deloro (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)), Jack Egan (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)), Robert Haines (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)), Ludwig Lowry (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)), John McCormack (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)), Hercules Mendez (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)), Paddy O'Flynn (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)), Sam Rice (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)), Don Roberts (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)), Larry Wheat (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)), Larry Williams (Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)), Joan Blair (Georgia (uncredited)), Morgan Brown (Servant (uncredited)), Harry Burkhardt (Wedding Guest (uncredited)), Edmund Cobb (Inquirer Reporter (uncredited)), Eddie Coke (Reporter (uncredited)), Louis Natheaux (Reporter (uncredited)), Arthur O'Connell (Reporter (uncredited)), Guy Repp (Reporter (uncredited)), Tom Steele (Reporter (uncredited)), Richard Wilson (Reporter (uncredited)), Louise Currie (Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)), Walter Sande (Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)), Jan Wiley (Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)), Milton Kibbee (Reporter at Wedding (uncredited)), Buck Mack (Reporter at Boat Deck (uncredited)), Alan Ladd (Reporter Smoking Pipe at End (uncredited)), Thomas A. Curran (Teddy Roosevelt (uncredited)), Jack Curtis (Boss Printer (uncredited)), George Noisom (Copy Boy (uncredited)), Gerald Pierce (Copy Boy Delivering Message in Chicago Hotel Room (uncredited)), Dona Dax (House Maid (uncredited)), George DeNormand (Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)), Bud Geary (Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)), Bert LeBaron (Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)), Clyde McAtee (Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)), Cyril Ring (Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)), Roland Winters (Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)), Lew Harvey (Newspaperman (uncredited)), Herman J. Mankiewicz (Newspaperman (uncredited)), Eddie Dew (Man in Projection Room (uncredited)), Perc Launders (Man in Projection Room (uncredited)), John Dilson (Ward Heeler (uncredited)), Walter James (Ward Heeler (uncredited)), Robert Dudley (Photographer (uncredited)), Suzanne Dulier (French Maid (uncredited)), Al Eben (Solly (uncredited)), Johnny Eckert (Car-Driver (uncredited)), Carl Ekberg (Adolf Hitler (uncredited)), Edith Evanson (Leland's Nurse (uncredited)), Carl Faulkner (Hermann Goring (uncredited)), Juanita Fields (Dancer (uncredited)), Edna Mae Jones (Dancer (uncredited)), Leda Nicova (Dancer (uncredited)), Jolane Reynolds (Dancer (uncredited)), Suzanne Ridgway (Dancer (uncredited)), Olin Francis (Expressman (uncredited)), Louise Franklin (Susan's Maid (uncredited)), Renee Godfrey (Nurse (uncredited)), Peter Gowland (Guest (uncredited)), Jimmy Grant (Man at Party in Everglades (uncredited)), Jesse Graves (Joseph (uncredited)), Ernest Grooney (Man on Hospital Roof (uncredited)), Jack Gwynne (Man on Hospital Roof (uncredited)), Teddy Mangean (Man on Roof (uncredited)), Henry Hebert (Best Man at Wedding (uncredited)), Bryan 'Slim' Hightower (Fish Driver (uncredited)), Mitchell Ingraham (Politician (uncredited)), Philip Morris (Politician (uncredited)), Francis Sayles (Politician (uncredited)), George W. Jimenez (Waiter at Inquirer Party (uncredited)), Ellen Lowe (Ms. Townsend (uncredited)), James T. Mack (Prompter (uncredited)), Mickey Martin (Newsboy (uncredited)), Bruce Sidney (Newsman (uncredited)), Major McBride (Shadowgraph Man (uncredited)), Frank McLure ((uncredited)), Charles Meakin (Civic Leader (uncredited)), Edward Peil Jr. (Civic Leader (uncredited)), Irving Mitchell (Dr. Corey (uncredited)), Frances E. Neal (Ethel (uncredited)), Lillian Nicholson (Woman at Opera (uncredited)), Joseph North (Secretary (uncredited)), William H. O'Brien (Secretary (uncredited)), Field Norton (Opera Spectator (uncredited)), Dick Scott (Opera Spectator (uncredited)), Frank O'Connor (Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)), Russ Powell (Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)), Bert Stevens (Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)), Thomas Pogue (Man (uncredited)), Lillian O'Malley (Woman in Front of Chronicle Building (uncredited)), Jack Raymond (Stagehand (uncredited)), Gohr Van Vleck (Stagehand (uncredited)), Myrtle Rishell (Big Governess (uncredited)), Benny Rubin (Smather (uncredited)), Shimen Ruskin (Hireling (uncredited)), George Sherwood (Hireling (uncredited)), Edward Ryan (Man in Inquirer City Room (uncredited)), Landers Stevens (Senate Investigator (uncredited)), Harry J. Vejar (Portuguese Laborer (uncredited)), Tudor Williams (Chorus Master (uncredited)), Arthur Yeoman (Speaker (uncredited)), Tim Davis (Copy Boy (uncredited)), Charles Bennett (Entertainer (uncredited)), Arthur Kay (Orchestra Leader (Uncredited)), John Alban (Reporter (uncredited)), Finn Zirzow (Audience Member (uncredited)), Sam Harris (Newsreel Man (uncredited)), Dorothy Cleveland (Woman in Front of Chronicle Building (uncredited)) |
| Screenplay | Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles |
| Producer | Orson Welles |
| Cinematography | Gregg Toland |
| Editing | Robert Wise |
| Music | Bernard Herrmann |
| Production design | Van Nest Polglase |
| Visual effects | Vernon L. Walker |
| Costumes | Edward Stevenson |
Additional data: TMDB.
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