Citizen Kane Synopsis

Direction: Orson Welles.

Production: Orson Welles, Richard Baer, ​​and George Schaefer.

Script: Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles.

Music: Bernard Herrmann

Photography: Gregg toland

Distribution: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, George Coulouris, Dorothy Commingore, and Ray Collins

Country: USA

Year: 1941

Gender: Drama

Duration: 119 minutes

The film "Citizen Kane" (1941, Orson Welles) is a classic of international cinema being recognized as one of the 100 best films in history (despite not having a large budget) by important film critics, there are even those who claim which is the best, but despite the fact that the critics have always favored her, the academy only gave her an Oscar for best original screenplay (Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles) inspired by communications magnate William Randolph Hearst.

Recorded in 1941, this film has the participation of great actors from the world of cinema and theater, among which are Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, George Coulouris, Dorothy Commingore, Ray Collins among others; This film which tells us about the life of the press mogul Charles Foster Kane and the journalistic investigation that is carried out after his death, trying to know the meaning of "Rosebud".

Written, directed, produced and starred by Orson Welles, this story set in New York between the early and mid-20th century, when industries began to turn great empires and wealthy men became magnates, one of them our protagonist, who with the help of his closest colleagues manages to build an important chain of newspapers nationwide, leading him not only to become an opinion leader in America, but also to be part of the news, as his private life and aspirations Politics always gave a lot to talk about, even on the day of his death Kane was the center of attention, when he pronounced the last word of him: "Rosebud" and no one knew the meaning of him caused a great expectation, which is why a journalist, Jerry Thomson (William Alland), undertook the task of investigating it and telling us this great story with the help of his closest colleagues of Kane.