The Battle Over Citizen Kane

Jan 29, 1996

1h 48m

★ 7.3

Overview

Documentary about the battle between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over Welles' Citizen Kane (1941). Features interviews with Welles' and Hearst's co-workers also acts as a relatively complete biograph of Hearst's career.

Genres

Documentary

TV Movie

Production Companies

GBH

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Richard Ben Cramer

Self

William Alland

Self

Thomas Anderson

Self

Peter Bogdanovich

Self

Jimmy Breslin

Self (archive footage)

Marion Davies

Self

Leonard de Paur

Self

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Self

Richard France

Self (archive footage)

William Randolph Hearst

Self

William Herz

Self

Sam Leve

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