Quarto potere

Titolo originale: Citizen Kane
Regia: Orson Welles
Anno: 1941
Origine: United States of America
Generi: Mistero Dramma
Tag: media tycoon | florida | art collector | newspaper | capitalist | journalist | sleigh | banker | american dream | failure | money | black and white | told in flashback | criterion | snowglobes | kids | serious | based on real person |
Cast: Orson Welles Joseph Cotten Dorothy Comingore Ray Collins George Coulouris Agnes Moorehead Paul Stewart Ruth Warrick Erskine Sanford William Alland Everett Sloane Fortunio Bonanova Gus Schilling Philip Van Zandt Georgia Backus Harry Shannon Sonny Bupp Buddy Swan Gregg Toland Don Ackerman Gino Corrado Maurice Costello Demetrius Alexis Gene Coogan Art Dupuis Rudy Germane Mike Lally Walter Lawrence John Northpole Victor Romito Bob Terry William Alston Jack Gargan Bert Moorhouse Carmen Laroux Sam Ash Buddy Messinger Terrance Ray Sally Corner Walter Bacon Herbert Corthell Harry A. Bailey Danny Borzage J.J. Clark Tom Coleman Carl Deloro Jack Egan Robert Haines Ludwig Lowry John McCormack Hercules Mendez Paddy O'Flynn Sam Rice Don Roberts Larry Wheat Larry Williams Joan Blair Morgan Brown Harry Burkhardt Edmund Cobb Eddie Coke Louis Natheaux Arthur O'Connell Guy Repp Tom Steele Richard Wilson Louise Currie Walter Sande Jan Wiley Milton Kibbee Buck Mack Alan Ladd Thomas A. Curran Jack Curtis George Noisom Gerald Pierce Dona Dax George DeNormand Bud Geary Bert LeBaron Clyde McAtee Cyril Ring Roland Winters Lew Harvey Herman J. Mankiewicz Eddie Dew Perc Launders John Dilson Walter James Robert Dudley Suzanne Dulier Al Eben Johnny Eckert Carl Ekberg Edith Evanson Carl Faulkner Juanita Fields Edna Mae Jones Leda Nicova Jolane Reynolds Suzanne Ridgway Olin Francis Louise Franklin Renee Godfrey Peter Gowland Jimmy Grant Jesse Graves Ernest Grooney Jack Gwynne Teddy Mangean Henry Hebert Bryan 'Slim' Hightower Mitchell Ingraham Philip Morris Francis Sayles George W. Jimenez Ellen Lowe James T. Mack Mickey Martin Bruce Sidney Major McBride Frank McLure Charles Meakin Edward Peil Jr. Irving Mitchell Frances E. Neal Lillian Nicholson Joseph North William H. O'Brien Field Norton Dick Scott Frank O'Connor Russ Powell Bert Stevens Thomas Pogue Lillian O'Malley Jack Raymond Gohr Van Vleck Myrtle Rishell Benny Rubin Shimen Ruskin George Sherwood Edward Ryan Landers Stevens Harry J. Vejar Tudor Williams Arthur Yeoman Tim Davis Charles Bennett Arthur Kay John Alban Finn Zirzow Sam Harris Dorothy Cleveland

Alla morte del magnate Kane (Welles), un giornalista (Cotten) indaga sulla sua vita: dalla sua infanzia alla sua ascesa nel mondo della stampa e della finanza, alla sua storia d'amore con una cantante lirica mancata alla solitaria fine nella lussuosa e sconfinata tenuta di Xanadu.

Approfondimenti

Orson Welles's cinematographer for the film was Gregg Toland, described by Welles as "just then [...]	D
Orson Welles tried to buy out the screen credit of co-writer Herman J. Mankiewicz. Welles actua [...]	D
Musician Jack White is a major fan of Orson Welles (his label, Third Man Records, is named afte [...]	D
Was voted the 2nd Greatest film of all time by Entertainment Weekly.	D
The Chicago tycoons Samuel Insull and Harold McCormick were direct inspirations for Kane's rela [...]	D
According to the film's official budget, there were 81 sets built. But the art designer Perry F [...]	D
Susan Alexander Kane's disastrous debut in the opera world is accompanied by a libretto written [...]	D
Gregg Toland's equipment included the first extensive use of coated lenses for shooting a featu [...]	D
Both the appearance and the voice of Charles Kane when he's older were inspired by Victor Moore [...]	D
The reporter Jerry Thompson's (William Alland) face is never fully seen. It is always in the sh [...]	D
Many of the myths concerning this film were later popularized by the semi-fictitious TV movie R [...]	D
In the 1970s, film critic Pauline Kael wrote an essay called "Raising Kane". In it, she credite [...]	D
Production advisor Miriam Geiger quickly compiled a handmade film textbook for Orson Welles, a [...]	D
Much of the music used in the phony newsreel is stock music from RKO's film La tragedia del 'Si [...]	D
Biblical reference: Cain and Abel.	D
Judy Holliday tested for the role of Susan Alexander (under her real name Judy Tuvim).	D
The movie's line "Rosebud". was voted as the #17 greatest movie quote by the American Film Inst [...]	D
Agnes Moorehead was already 40 years old when she made her motion picture debut in this film.	D
Orson Welles gave an example to the movie industry with this film, that "there is no need of pr [...]	D
One subplot discarded from the final film concerned Susan Alexander Kane having an affair that [...]	D
Orson Welles came to dislike the Rosebud twist, calling it, "Dollar-book Freud".	D
Alan Ladd makes an uncredited appearance as one of the reporters at the end of the film (the on [...]	D
The technique of flashbacks had been used in earlier films, notably Potenza e gloria (1933), bu [...]	D
The voice of the newsreel announcer at the beginning of the film is provided by William Alland, [...]	D
Throughout production Orson Welles had problems with various film executives not respecting his [...]	D
Raymond, the butler, is one of the last people to see Kane alive. Paul Stewart, who plays Raymo [...]	D
Voted #6 in Total Film's 100 Greatest Movies Of All Time list (November 2005).	D
Susan Kane's fixation with jigsaws was a deliberate nod to Marion Davies' penchant for them. Ho [...]	D
During the scenes where Kane first buys his newspaper and delivers the line about going bankrup [...]	D
Orson Welles brought New York actress Ruth Warrick out to Hollywood to test for the part of Emi [...]	D
For the news footage in the opening newsreel to look suitably grainy, editor Robert Wise came u [...]	D
Ombre rosse (1939), the movie that Orson Welles had seen more than forty times while preparing [...]	D
The cast and crew include three Oscar winners (Orson Welles, Gregg Toland and Herman J. Mankiew [...]	D
The "newsreel" that opens the film is a perfect skewering of Henry Luce's 'Time Magazine' style [...]	D
Co-writer Herman J. Mankiewicz actually knew William Randolph Hearst and his mistress, Marion D [...]	D
One line by Kane, "Don't believe everything you hear on the radio", might be construed as a sly [...]	D
William Randolph Hearst was so angered by the film that he accused Orson Welles of being a Comm [...]	D
Dispute still rages over ownership of the original idea for the script, with many claiming that [...]	D
The film takes place from 1871 to 1941.	D
This film is in the Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films on Letterboxd.	D
Orson Welles' 156-page personal working copy of the script for the film sold for $97,000 in 200 [...]	D
Orson Welles was so satisfied with the Spanish dubbed version, that he requested that dubbing d [...]	D
After production wrapped, William Randolph Hearst forbade any advertisement of the film in any [...]	D
The opening scene in a darkened theater (after the newsreel) is played by all the main male cha [...]	D
Despite all the publicity, the film was a box-office flop and was quickly consigned to the RKO [...]	D
Orson Welles credited Gregg Toland on the same title card as himself. "It's impossible to say h [...]	D
A looped snippet of Kane clapping after Susan's singing performance is currently (2017) being u [...]	D
Orson Welles met John Ford for the first time on the first day of shooting of "Citizen Kane" wh [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the Top 100 Greatest American Movies. [...]	D
Wise said the breakfast table sequence took weeks to edit and get the correct "timing" and "rhy [...]	D
The scene outside Ma Kane's boarding house reportedly drove Orson Welles crazy. The director al [...]	D
Approximately 84 minutes into the film, while being interviewed by a reporter Jedediah pokes fu [...]	D
First film score of Bernard Herrmann. He would go on to be one of Hollywood's top film composer [...]	D
Gregg Toland used faster film and much more powerful lighting that made it possible to get deep [...]	D
The scene where Kane destroys Susan's room after she's left him was done on the first take. Dir [...]	D
In the scene where Charles is told he's leaving his home for a better life, his mother intimate [...]	D
For his work in this movie, Orson Welles became the first person to be Oscar nominated for Best [...]	D
Kane knows plenty of magic tricks that amuse Susan. Orson Welles himself was an amateur magicia [...]	D
At 1h 17m 33s there is an extreme closeup of typebars striking the paper. The same kind of shot [...]	D
The film represents the feature film debuts of William Alland, Ray Collins, Joseph Cotten, Agne [...]	D
The final day of shooting on November 30 was Kane's death scene. Orson Welles boasted that he o [...]	D
The character Jedediah Leland is based on celebrated newspaper columnist Ashton Stevens, drama [...]	D
In the interview book This Is Orson Welles with Peter Bogdanovich and Orson Welles, Bogdanovich [...]	D
Orson Welles always claimed that this picture was not the biography of one specific individual, [...]	D
Although Marion Davies is frequently held up as the model for Susan Alexander Kane, the charact [...]	D
In April 2021, the film lost its perfect 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes after an 80 year old neg [...]	D
The film's premiere in Chicago coincided with Orson Welles' 26th birthday on May 6, 1941.	D
The snow globe Kane drops and breaks at the beginning of the film reappears in the flashback sc [...]	D
Charles Foster Kane is described as being born in Colorado. Buddy Swan, who portrays Kane as a [...]	D
The first draft of the script was simply titled "American."	D
The film's opening with just the title and no star names was unprecedented in 1941. It is now t [...]	D
In the scene where Kane and his entourage set off for the beach from Xanadu, large birds are se [...]	D
It was widely believed the film would win most of its Academy Award nominations, but it receive [...]	D
Rebecca - La prima moglie (1940) was a massive influence on this film: Both films use deep focu [...]	D
Orson Welles's directorial film debut.	D
During the violent rampage through Susan Alexander's bedroom, Orson Welles badly gashed his lef [...]	D
In 1972, Herrmann said, "I was fortunate to start my career with a film like Citizen Kane, it's [...]	D
Apparently, holding less of a grudge than anyone might think, William Randolph Hearst's son sai [...]	D
On the newspaper shown near the end, there is a column headed "Stage Views, Jed Leland", with a [...]	D
Orson Welles' deal with RKO gave him unprecedented freedom for a first-time director. He was to [...]	D
Xanadu's design is based on William Randolph Hearst's elaborate homes in San Simeon, CA, and Mo [...]	D
The credited cast was mainly from the Mercury Theatre troupe, which Orson Welles founded when h [...]	D
Gregg Toland was really eager to work with the young maverick director Orson Welles as he was k [...]	D
In the last scene of the breakfast montage showing the deterioration of Charles's and Emily's m [...]	D
Xanadu was inspired by Manderley from Rebecca - La prima moglie (1940).	D
The film showcased a technique called "universal focus". To get the image of Kane and the poste [...]	D
In the scene where Bernstein enters the Inquirer amidst a pile of boxes and luggage, some of th [...]	D
Principal photography which began in late June 1940, finished just a few days over schedule on [...]	D
Writer Herman J. Mankiewicz was contractually bound not to drink during the film's pre-producti [...]	D
According to Orson Welles, the nightclub set was available after another film had wrapped and t [...]	D
The original nitrate negatives were lost in a fire during the 1970s.	D
The American Film Institute's poll ranked the film #1 on its list of greatest American movies o [...]	D
Superstar Marion Davies said in her memoir, "The Times We Had", which she recorded in 1951, tha [...]	D
Orson Welles thought it an advantage that Dorothy Comingore (Susan) was pregnant when shooting [...]	D
This film is frequently cited as the best of all time, but it wasn't immediately received as su [...]	D
According to Ruth Warrick, Orson Welles was not in good shape at the beginning of production. W [...]	D
Nat 'King' Cole's debut.	D
The reporter interviewing an aged Kane in the newsreel is the film's cinematographer Gregg Tola [...]	D
The special contact lenses used to make Orson Welles look elderly proved very painful, and a do [...]	D
The character of Bernstein was named after Orson Welles' guardian Dr. Maurice Bernstein, a Keno [...]	D
Just before the shot of Susan leaving for good, a screeching cockatoo is seen in profile. Willi [...]	D
During production, the film was referred to as RKO 281. Most of the filming took place in what [...]	D
It is widely believed that Ted Turner had plans to colorize the film, but that wide public outc [...]	D
Selected by the Vatican in the "art" category of its list of 45 "great films".	D
Carole Lombard was offered the lead role in a proposed melodrama, "Smiler with a Knife", to be [...]	D
As known, Jack Kerouac was a huge fan of this movie, and of Orson Welles in general. The one ti [...]	D
Orson Welles usually worked 16 to 18 hours a day on the film. He often began work at 4 a.m. sin [...]	D
Film scholars and historians view Citizen Kane as Orson Welles's attempt to create a new style [...]	D
Ruth Warrick (died 2005) was the last surviving member of the principal cast. Sonny Bupp (died [...]	D
When "Rosebud" was burned, Orson Welles choreographed the scene while he had composer Bernard H [...]	D
When The March of Time narrator Westbrook Van Voorhis asked for $25,000 to narrate the News on [...]	D
The audience that watches Kane make his speech is, in fact, a still photo. To give the illusion [...]	D
This film was selected into the National Film Registry in 1989 (the first year of inductions) f [...]	D
Orson Welles drove his cast so hard that Erskine Sanford actually had a nervous breakdown.	D
For this movie Orson Welles, along with cinematographer Gregg Toland, pioneered "deep focus", a [...]	D
George Coulouris, who played Kane's legal guardian, posed for two hours for a papier-maché s [...]	D
The scene with Charles Bennett and the "chorus girls" in the newspaper office was supposed to h [...]	D
Favorite film of Charlton Heston. He would later collaborate with Orson Welles on L'infernale Q [...]	D
The most innovative technical aspect of Citizen Kane is the extended use of deep focus, where t [...]	D
When Kane's mother, father and Thatcher walk from the living room into the kitchen, they sit do [...]	D
The lengthy scene where the older Jedediah Leland is interviewed at the old folks' home was Jos [...]	D
The actual site of Hearst Castle, like Kane's palace, is high atop a hill. It overlooks the Pac [...]	D
The movie's line "Old age . . . it's the only disease, Mr. Thompson, that you don't look forwar [...]	D
Orson Welles told filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich that he regretted how Marion Davies' reputation h [...]	D
For the opening shot of the "El Rancho" sequence where the camera appears to move through a gap [...]	D
Orson Welles reportedly wore out a print of Potenza e gloria (1933) while studying its story co [...]	D
The Inquirer's bad review of Susan Alexander's opera debut (bylined "Jed Leland" but, in the fi [...]	D
In a March 1967 Playboy interview, Orson Welles stated that "I've known only one great camerama [...]	D
Joseph Cotten shot the interview scene in one day, but had to return a few days later to re-sho [...]	D
Orson Welles later said that casting character actor Gino Corrado in the small part of the wait [...]	D
To keep studio execs off his back, Orson Welles claimed the cast and crew were "in rehearsal" d [...]	D
Many scenes were shot during arduous, all night shoots. Many times after pulling a difficult al [...]	D
The ice sculptures at the Inquirer party behind Mr. Bernstein are caricatures of Bernstein and [...]	D
Final film of Margaret Davis.	D
Despite the enormous controversy surrounding the film, it actually passed the review of the Hay [...]	D
The film is included on Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" list.	D
William Randolph Hearst was infuriated by this movie, obviously based on his life. According to [...]	D
In 1982, film director Steven Spielberg bought a "Rosebud" sled for $60,500; it was one of thre [...]	D
Screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz wrote the balance of the screenplay for this film from a hosp [...]	D
In an attempt to recoup some of its losses after its initial box-office flop, RKO distributed t [...]	D
At the beginning of "News on the March" the several shots of buildings with Spanish architectur [...]	D
Both Orson Welles' and Herman J. Mankiewicz's Oscar statuettes were auctioned by Nate D. Sander [...]	D
In 1971, shortly after Pauline Kael's infamous "Raising Kane" essay first appeared in "The New [...]	D
For the final scene, a stage at the Selznick studio was equipped with a working furnace, and mu [...]	D
Cinematographer Gregg Toland used a Mitchell BNC-2 camera to shoot the film.	D
The camera looks up at Charles Foster Kane and his best friend Jedediah Leland and down at weak [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2005 list of 250 movies nominated for AFI's 100 Ye [...]	D
The first official scene to be shot was the breakfast montage sequence between Kane and his fir [...]	D
Although some of the Susan Alexander character was based on superstar Marion Davies, the great [...]	D
On the night the movie opened in San Francisco, Orson Welles found himself alone with William R [...]	D
In a 1948 interview, D. W. Griffith said, "I loved Citizen Kane and particularly loved the idea [...]	D
The opera in which Susan Alexander Kane stars was, originally, to have been based upon, and tit [...]	D
In the scene where Jedediah confronts Kane, Joseph Cotten had stayed awake for 24 hours before [...]	D
During filming Orson Welles received a warning that William Randolph Hearst had arranged for a [...]	D
The favorite film of "Peanuts" cartoonist Charles M. Schulz. He incorporated many references to [...]	D
In the 1980's, a group of statues from the dismantling of Xanadu scene were still to be found i [...]	D
The movie's line "Rosebud". was voted as #3 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by "Premiere" mag [...]	D
During an appearance in 1970 on The Dick Cavett Show (1968), Orson Welles said he didn't believ [...]	D
It was RKO head George Schaefer who suggested the title change from "American" to "Citizen Kane [...]	D
Orson Welles often arrived on the set at 2:30 a.m., as application of the sculptural make-up to [...]	D
Originally, the movie was going to be based on the life of Howard Hughes with Joseph Cotten in [...]	D
The piece of music that Susan is repeatedly shown singing is "Una voce poco fa" from "Il barbie [...]	D
Orson Welles chipped his anklebone halfway through production and had to direct for 2 weeks fro [...]	D
Mr. Bernstein's first name is never revealed.	D
Prior to deciding on Citizen Kane, Orson Welles considered adapting the novel The Smiler With A [...]	D
In the original script, Kane's son survives into adulthood and joins a radical group attempting [...]	D
During filming, Orson Welles started treating Dorothy Comingore terribly, deliberately humiliat [...]	D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.	D
Susan's singing voice was provided by a professional opera singer who, under Orson Welles' dire [...]	D
Features Orson Welles's only Oscar nominated acting performance.	D
Final film of Vivian Wilson.	D
The sled that Thatcher gives Kane for Christmas has "THE CRUSADER" written on it. (In addition, [...]	D