
feature · 19411h 59mUS
Citizen Kane
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.
MysteryDrama★ 8.0(6,040)
At a glance
- Director
- Orson Welles
- Cinematography
- Gregg Toland
- Editor
- Robert Wise
- Music
- Bernard Herrmann
- Costume
- Edward Stevenson
Department
Camera
- Gregg TolandDirector of Photographyprimary
Department
Costume
- Edward StevensonCostume Designerprimary
Department
Production
- Orson WellesProducerprimary
Department
Post-production
- Robert WiseEditorprimary
Department
Direction
Recognition by craft
- Cinematography2n
- +4 non-craft
Recognition
Awards (3 won, 6 total)
- Status: WONAcademy AwardBest Original Screenplay1942Cited source (opens in new tab): [src]
- Status: WONAcademy AwardBest Original Screenplay1942Herman J. MankiewiczCited source (opens in new tab): [src]
- WON
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