Citizen Kane
“Some called him a hero...others called him a heel.”
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.
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Cast
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Orson Welles
Charles Foster Kane
Known for
Touch of Evil
The Third Man
Joseph Cotten
Jedediah Leland
Known for
The Third Man
Shadow of a Doubt
Dorothy Comingore
Susan Alexander Kane
Also in
Rockin' Thru the Rockies
The Big Night
Ray Collins
Jim W. Gettys
Known for
Perry Mason
Touch of Evil
George Coulouris
Walter Parks Thatcher
Known for
Papillon
Murder on the Orient Express
Agnes Moorehead
Mary Kane
Known for
Bewitched
All That Heaven Allows
Paul Stewart
Raymond
Known for
Kiss Me Deadly
In Cold Blood
Ruth Warrick
Emily Norton Kane
Known for
Song of the South
Journey into Fear
Erskine Sanford
Herbert Carter
Known for
The Magnificent Ambersons
Letter from an Unknown Woman
William Alland
Jerry Thompson/Narrator
Known for
Macbeth
John Houseman
contributing writer - uncredited
Known for
Rollerball
Three Days of the Condor
Everett Sloane
Mr. Bernstein
Known for
The Lady from Shanghai
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Orson Welles Director · Herman J. Mankiewicz Screenplay Bernard Herrmann Composer
Worldwide gross $23M · Budget $840K · United States release May 6, 1941
Box office
Budget
$839,727
Worldwide gross
$23,218,000
Gross vs. budget
27.6×
Production
Mercury Productions
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Production
RKO
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Belgium · April 17, 1941
Theatrical
United States · May 6, 1941
Limited theatrical · Chicago, Illinois
United States · December 3, 1984
Physical · LaserDisc
United States
May 1, 1941 · Premiere · New York City, New York
September 5, 1941 · Theatrical
May 25, 1956 · Theatrical
May 1, 1991 · Theatrical
August 22, 1991 · Physical · VHS
February 26, 1992 · Physical · LaserDisc
September 25, 2001 · Physical · VHS / DVD
September 13, 2011 · Physical · DVD / Blu-ray
November 23, 2021 · Physical · 4KUHD / Blu-ray
Australia
January 23, 1942 · Theatrical
Austria
September 2, 1949 · Theatrical
Belgium
February 5, 1948 · Theatrical
Brazil
June 16, 1941 · Theatrical
Canada
April 17, 1941 · Theatrical
Czechia
January 18, 2001 · Limited theatrical · Projekt 100
Denmark
May 12, 1948 · Theatrical
Finland
April 17, 1941 · TV
France
July 2, 1946 · Theatrical
March 20, 2002 · Theatrical · Re-release
Germany
June 29, 1962 · Theatrical
Greece
October 12, 2023 · Limited theatrical · Re-issue
Hungary
July 28, 1947 · Theatrical
Indonesia
January 16, 1947 · Theatrical
October 18, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Special Screening
Ireland
April 17, 1941 · Theatrical
Italy
November 25, 1948 · Theatrical
Japan
June 14, 1966 · Theatrical
Mexico
June 6, 1941 · Theatrical
Netherlands
February 5, 1948 · Theatrical
May 17, 2009 · TV · Nederland 2
April 2, 2013 · Physical · DVD
New Zealand
July 14, 2025 · Physical
Norway
April 17, 1941 · Theatrical
Philippines
July 31, 1941 · Theatrical
Poland
January 1, 1948 · Theatrical
Portugal
October 27, 1941 · Theatrical
December 10, 1941 · Theatrical
South Korea
June 16, 2007 · Theatrical
Spain
March 31, 1989 · Theatrical
Sweden
April 17, 1941 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
January 24, 1942 · Theatrical
XC
October 3, 1947 · Theatrical
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