Citizen Kane

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Original Titel: Citizen Kane
Übersetzter Titel: Citizen Kane
Regie: Orson Welles 
Produzent(en): Orson Welles 
IMDb-Link: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0033467
Land: USA
Genre: Drama
Jahr: 1941
Darsteller: Joseph Cotten .... Jedediah Leland/Newsreel Reporter
Dorothy Comingore .... Susan Alexander Kane
Agnes Moorehead .... Mrs. Mary Kane
Ruth Warrick .... Emily Monroe Norton Kane
Ray Collins (I) .... Boss James 'Jim' W. Gettys
Erskine Sanford .... Herbert Carter, Inquirer Editor-in-Chief/Newsreel Reporter
Everett Sloane .... Mr. Bernstein, Kane's General Manager
William Alland .... Jerry Thompson/'News on the March' Narrator
Paul Stewart (I) .... Raymond, Kane's Butler
George Coulouris .... Walter Parks Thatcher
Fortunio Bonanova .... Signor Matiste, Susan's Opera Coach
Gus Schilling .... The Headwaiter
Philip Van Zandt .... Mr. Rawlston
Georgia Backus .... Miss Bertha Anderson
Harry Shannon (I) .... Kane's Father
Sonny Bupp .... Charles Foster Kane III
Buddy Swan .... Kane, age eight
Orson Welles .... Charles Foster Kane
Loretta Agar .... Dancing Girl (uncredited)
Richard Baer .... Hillman (uncredited)
Charles Bennett (II) .... Entertainer (uncredited)
Joan Blair (I) .... Georgia (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb .... Inquirer Reporter (uncredited)
Eddie Coke .... Reporter (uncredited)
Gino Corrado .... Gino, waiter at Club El Rancho (uncredited)
Herbert Corthell .... City Editor (uncredited)
Thomas A. Curran (I) .... Teddy Roosevelt (uncredited)
Louise Currie .... Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)
Jack Curtis (I) .... Boss printer (uncredited)
Tim Davis (I) .... Copy boy (uncredited)
John Dilson .... Ward Heeler (uncredited)
Robert Dudley (I) .... Photographer (uncredited)
Al Eben .... Solly (uncredited)
Edith Evanson .... Leland's Nurse (uncredited)
Jean Forward .... Opera Singer (uncredited)
Olin Francis .... Expressman (uncredited)
Al Frazier .... Gorilla man (uncredited)
Captain Garcia .... General (uncredited)
Peter Gowland .... Guest (uncredited)
Lew Harvey .... Newspaper man (uncredited)
Edward L. Hemmer .... Bit part (uncredited)
Mitchell Ingraham .... Politician (uncredited)
Walter James .... Ward Heeler (uncredited)
Arthur Kay .... Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee .... Reporter at Wedding (uncredited)
Alan Ladd .... Reporter smoking pipe in screening room (uncredited)
Carmen Laroux .... Bit part (uncredited)
Ellen Lowe .... Miss Townsend, Inquirer Society Editor (uncredited)
Buck Mack .... Man (uncredited)
James Mack (II) .... Prompter (uncredited)
Herman J. Mankiewicz .... Newspaperman (uncredited)
Joe Manz .... Jennings (uncredited)
Major McBride .... Shadowgraph man (uncredited)
Charles Meakin .... Civic leader (uncredited)
Irving Mitchell .... Dr. Corey (uncredited)
Philip Morris (I) .... Politician (uncredited)
Jack Morton (III) .... Butler (uncredited)
Louis Natheaux .... Reporter (uncredited)
Frances E. Neal .... Ethel (uncredited)
George Noisom .... Copy boy (uncredited)
Joseph North .... Male secretary (uncredited)
William O'Brien (I) .... Male secretary (uncredited)
Arthur O'Connell .... Reporter (uncredited)
Edward Peil Jr. .... Civic leader (uncredited)
Thomas Pogue .... (uncredited)
Jack Raymond (I) .... Stagehand (uncredited)
Guy Repp .... Reporter (uncredited)
Benny Rubin .... Smather (uncredited)
Shimen Ruskin .... Hireling (uncredited)
Walter Sande .... Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)
Francis Sayles .... Politician (uncredited)
George Sherwood .... Hireling (uncredited)
Bruce Sidney .... Newsman (uncredited)
Landers Stevens .... Investigator (uncredited)
Karl Thomas (II) .... Jetsam (uncredited)
Gregg Toland .... Interviewer in 1935 Newsreel (uncredited)
Kathryn Trosper .... Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)
Glen Turnbull .... Flotsam (uncredited)
Gohr Van Vleck .... Stagehand (uncredited)
Harry J. Vejar .... Portugese laborer (uncredited)
Patrick Whitney .... Reporter (uncredited)
Tudor Williams .... Chorus Master (uncredited)
Richard Wilson (I) .... Reporter (uncredited)
Arthur Yeoman .... Speaker (uncredited)
 


Inhaltsangabe: Der US-Zeitungsmagnat Charles Foster "Citizen" Kane beherrscht über Jahrzehnte hinweg die
öffentliche Meinung der USA. Sein geschäftliches Leben begann mit viel Enthusiasmus und dem
Bekenntnis zur Wahrheit. Dann kam der Erfolg, mit ihm Ehrgeiz und schließlich die Loslösung
von seinen Prinzipien bis zur Korruption durch Macht.

Charles Foster Kane kommt schließlich in seiner phantastischen Traumvilla Xanadu ums Leben.
Sein letztes Wort "Rosebud" (Rosenknospe) bleibt für den Reporter, der über die Hintergründe
seines Todes berichten soll, ein Rätsel.

Im Zuge seiner Nachforschungen rekonstruiert er Schritt für Schritt Kanes Vergangenheit. Er
befragt Kanes Ex-Ehefrau Susan, die Kollegen von der Zeitung "Inquirer", die Kane mit 25 Jahren
gründete.

Er beschäftigt sich mit den Memoiren des Bankiers Thatcher, der dem jungen Kane vorausgesagt
hatte, daß er ein großes Vermögen erben würde. Doch das Rätsel um "Rosebud" bleibt bestehen
...

IMDb-Rating: 8,8 (von10)

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Oscar ®
Oscar für 1941 für Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles (Original-Drehbuch)

Oscar-Nominierung für 1941 für "Citizen Kane" (Bester Film)
Oscar-Nominierung für 1941 für Perry Ferguson, Van Nest Polglase, Al Fields, Darrell Silvera (Ausstattung)
Oscar-Nominierung für 1941 für Orson Welles (Hauptdarsteller)
Oscar-Nominierung für 1941 für Gregg Toland (Kamera)
Oscar-Nominierung für 1941 für Bernard Hermann (Musik)
Oscar-Nominierung für 1941 für Orson Welles (Regie)
Oscar-Nominierung für 1941 für Robert Wise (Schnitt)
Oscar-Nominierung für 1941 für John Aalberg (Ton)
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Sprache(n): Deutsch (Mono) Englisch (Mono)
Untertitel:
Länge: 113 Minuten
Video Format: DVD -- 1 DVD(s)
Zusätzliche Informationen: Trailer
Starinfos als Texttafeln
Filminfos als Testtafeln
Bewegtes Bild als Hintergrund des Menüs (Diamond Edition)
HiFi Sound, Dolby, PAL
Laufzeit: 113 Minuten
DVD Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2001
Produktion: 1941

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Bernard Herrmann
Charlie Barnet (song "In A Mizz") (uncredited)
Pepe Guízar (song "A Poco No") (uncredited)

Non-Original Music by
Frédéric Chopin (from "Sonata No. 2") (uncredited)
Gioacchino Rossini (from opera "Il barbiere di Siviglia") (uncredited)
Richard Wagner (from opera "Tannhäuser") (uncredited)


$$ Literatur-Vorlage / Drehbuch / Script &&
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Herman J. Mankiewicz & Orson Welles
John Houseman uncredited


$$ SOUNDTRACK &&
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"This Can't Be Love"
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Performed by Nat King Cole Trio

"Una voce poco fa"
from opera "Il barbiere di Seviglia"
by Gioacchino Rossini
Arranged by Nathaniel Shilkret
Sung by Dorothy Comingore (dubbed by Jean Forward)

"A Poco No"
Music by Pepe Guizar
Lyrics by Herman Ruby

"Funeral March"
by Frederic Chopin
Arranged by Roy Webb

"There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight"
by Theodore Metz

"Battle Cry of Freedom"
by George Root
Arranged by Roy Webb

"The Girl I Left Behind Me"
Traditional Folk Song
Arranged by Roy Webb

"In A Mizz"
by Charles Barnet and Haven Johnson

"Funeral March"
by Felix Mendelssohn
Arranged by Max Steiner

"Aria from Salaambo"
by Bernard Herrmann
Sung by Dorothy Comingore, dubbed by Jean Forward

"News On The March"
Cues taken from the scores of earlier RKO releases, including:
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
Bad Lands (1939)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Conquerors, The (1932)
Curtain Call (1940)
Five Came Back (1939)
Flying Irishman, The (1939)
Gunga Din (1939)
Man to Remember, A (1938)
Mother Carey's Chickens (1938)
Music for Madame (1937)
Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
On Again Off Again (1937)
Reno (1939)

"Charlie Kane"
based on "A Poco No" by Pepe Guizar
Lyrics by Herman Ruby and vocalization by Charles Bennett (II)