| Genre: | Classics |
| Year: | 1941 |
| Rating: | ? |
| Length: | 119 min |
| Country: | USA |
| Cast: | Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead |
| Credits: | Directed by: Orson Welles |
| Awards: | National Film Preservation Board, USA
National Film Registry 1989
Academy Awards
Best Writing, Original Screenplay - Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles |
Synopsis:
Welles' first film is a landmark of modern moviemaking in its technical virtuosity and innovative cinematic expression. The emotion-packed story of Charles Foster Kane, goliath of the publishing world, allegedly inspired by William Randolph Hearst, is told with dynamic editing, expressionistic lighting, and constant temporal shifts. Camera angle and perspective are manipulated imageinatvely to draw the viewer into Kane's world, photographically rendered by the great cameraman Gregg Toland.
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