Citizen Kane

19411h 59mEnglish

Accolades

1Oscar

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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.

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Details

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MysteryDrama

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Awards & Recognition

Awards Dominance

1

Wins

9

Nominations

Won

Writing (Original Screenplay) · Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles

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1942

Academy Awards

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Writing (Original Screenplay)

Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles

1942

Nom

Actor

Orson Welles

1942

Nom

Art Direction (Black-and-White)

Art Direction: Perry Ferguson, Van Nest Polglase; Interior Decoration: Al Fields, Darrell Silvera

1942

Nom

Cinematography (Black-and-White)

Gregg Toland

1942

Nom

Directing

Orson Welles

1942

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Film Editing

Robert Wise

1942

Nom

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture)

Bernard Herrmann

1942

Nom

Outstanding Motion Picture

Mercury

1942

Nom

Sound Recording

RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg, Sound Director

1942

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Cast

Orson Welles

Orson Welles

Charles Foster Kane

Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

Jedediah Leland

Dorothy Comingore

Dorothy Comingore

Susan Alexander Kane

Ray Collins

Ray Collins

Jim W. Gettys

George Coulouris

George Coulouris

Walter Parks Thatcher

Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead

Mary Kane

Paul Stewart

Paul Stewart

Raymond

Ruth Warrick

Ruth Warrick

Emily Norton Kane

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