Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

1941 · 1 hr 59 min · PG

Drama, Mystery

Directors

Orson Welles

Actors

  • Orson Welles
  • Joseph Cotten
  • Dorothy Comingore

Credits: 1

Summary

Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'

More about this movie

A group of reporters are trying to decipher the last word ever spoken by Charles Foster Kane, the millionaire newspaper tycoon: "Rosebud". The film begins with a news reel detailing Kane's life for the masses, and then from there, we are shown flashbacks from Kane's life. As the reporters investigate further, the viewers see a display of a fascinating man's rise to fame, and how he eventually fell off the top of the world.