Citizen Kane is a 1941 American film directed by, co-written by, and starring Orson Welles, widely ranked among the most influential films ever made for its deep focus cinematography, unconventional non-linear narrative structure, and technical ambition on a first feature. It follows a newspaper reporter's investigation into the life of the fictional publisher Charles Foster Kane through the fragmented, conflicting memories of the people who knew him. The film is under copyright and is described here rather than reproduced.
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Citizen Kane is a 1941 American film directed by, co-written by, and starring Orson Welles, widely ranked among the most influential films ever made for its deep focus cinematography, unconventional non-linear narrative structure, and technical ambition on a first feature.
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Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film directed, produced by, and starring Orson Welles and co-written by Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz, and was Welles's first feature film.
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