About this release
In his film debut, the 25-year-old Orson Welles created an enduring masterpiece in Citizen Kane, an innovative, cinematic character study. The story unfolds in flashbacks as a reporter researches the life of the wealthy and powerful newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane.
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Disc 1
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Citizen Kane (1941)
119 min
MysteryDrama
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.
Credits
Director
Orson Welles
Writer
Orson Welles
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Cast
Orson Wellesas Charles Foster Kane
Joseph Cottenas Jedediah Leland
Dorothy Comingoreas Susan Alexander Kane
Ray Collinsas Jim W. Gettys
George Coulourisas Walter Parks Thatcher
Agnes Mooreheadas Mary Kane
Paul Stewartas Raymond
Ruth Warrickas Emily Norton Kane
Erskine Sanfordas Herbert Carter
William Allandas Jerry Thompson/Narrator
Cinematographer
Gregg Toland
Composer
Bernard Herrmann
Editor
Robert Wise
Producer
Orson Welles
Release Details
- Packaging
- Blu-ray Case
- Editions
- Anniversary Edition
Images
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- June 23, 2026