Quarto potere [HD] (1941) in streaming su altadefinizione 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 (o Kandalù).
Sfolgorante film d'esordio del venticinquenne Orson Welles, pietra miliare nella storia del cinema per le innovazioni stilistiche (l'uso massiccio della profondità di campo) e narrative (i racconti incrociati e frammentati che cercano di pervenire a una impossibile verità sull'uomo Kane). Un film insuperato nel racconto del rapporto tra individuo e sistema capitalistico, nella barocca ricapitolazione dei generi artistici e spettacolari (il film inizia con un finto cinegiornale). La sceneggiatura è di Herman J. Mankiewicz (che vinse l'Oscar), e ripercorre da vicino la carriera del magnate William Randolph Hearst, che in effetti boicottò il film coi suoi mezzi.
Cast
Orson WellesCharles Foster Kane
Joseph CottenJedediah Leland
Dorothy ComingoreSusan Alexander Kane
Ray CollinsJim W. Gettys
George CoulourisWalter Parks Thatcher
Agnes MooreheadMary Kane
Paul StewartRaymond
Ruth WarrickEmily Norton Kane
Erskine SanfordHerbert Carter
William AllandJerry Thompson/Narrator
Everett SloaneMr. Bernstein
Fortunio BonanovaSignor Matiste
Gus SchillingJohn
Philip Van ZandtMr. Rawlston
Georgia BackusBertha Anderson
Harry ShannonJim Kane
Sonny BuppCharles Foster Kane III
Buddy SwanYoung Charles Foster Kane
Gregg TolandInterviewer
Don AckermanMan at Party in Everglades (uncredited)
Gino CorradoGino (uncredited)
Maurice CostelloExtra (uncredited)
Demetrius AlexisNewsreel Man (uncredited)
Gene CooganNewsreel Man (uncredited)
Art DupuisNewsreel Man (uncredited)
Rudy GermaneNewsreel Man (uncredited)
Mike LallyNewsreel Man (uncredited)
Walter LawrenceNewsreel Man (uncredited)
John NorthpoleNewsreel Man (uncredited)
Victor RomitoNewsreel Man (uncredited)
Bob TerryNewsreel Man (uncredited)
William AlstonMan at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited)
Jack GarganMan at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited)
Bert MoorhouseMan at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited)
Carmen LarouxMaid in Xanadu Hall (uncredited)
Sam AshMan at Boat Dock (uncredited)
Buddy MessingerMan at Boat Dock (uncredited)
Terrance RayMan at Boat Dock (uncredited)
Sally CornerWoman at Boat Dock (uncredited)
Walter BaconCity Room Employee (uncredited)
Herbert CorthellCity Editor (uncredited)
Harry A. BaileyMan Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Danny BorzageMan Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
J.J. ClarkMan Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Tom ColemanMan Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Carl DeloroMan Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Jack EganMan Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Robert HainesMan Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Ludwig LowryMan Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
John McCormackMan Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Hercules MendezMan Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Paddy O'FlynnMan Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Sam RiceMan Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Don RobertsMan Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Larry WheatMan Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Larry WilliamsMan Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Joan BlairGeorgia (uncredited)
Morgan BrownServant (uncredited)
Harry BurkhardtWedding Guest (uncredited)
Edmund CobbInquirer Reporter (uncredited)
Eddie CokeReporter (uncredited)
Louis NatheauxReporter (uncredited)
Arthur O'ConnellReporter (uncredited)
Guy ReppReporter (uncredited)
Tom SteeleReporter (uncredited)
Richard WilsonReporter (uncredited)
Louise CurrieReporter at Xanadu (uncredited)
Walter SandeReporter at Xanadu (uncredited)
Jan WileyReporter at Xanadu (uncredited)
Milton KibbeeReporter at Wedding (uncredited)
Buck MackReporter at Boat Deck (uncredited)
Alan LaddReporter Smoking Pipe at End (uncredited)
Thomas A. CurranTeddy Roosevelt (uncredited)
Jack CurtisBoss Printer (uncredited)
George NoisomCopy Boy (uncredited)
Gerald PierceCopy Boy Delivering Message in Chicago Hotel Room (uncredited)
Dona DaxHouse Maid (uncredited)
George DeNormandNewspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Bud GearyNewspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Bert LeBaronNewspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Clyde McAteeNewspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Cyril RingNewspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Roland WintersNewspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Lew HarveyNewspaperman (uncredited)
Herman J. MankiewiczNewspaperman (uncredited)
Eddie DewMan in Projection Room (uncredited)
Perc LaundersMan in Projection Room (uncredited)
John DilsonWard Heeler (uncredited)
Walter JamesWard Heeler (uncredited)
Robert DudleyPhotographer (uncredited)
Suzanne DulierFrench Maid (uncredited)
Al EbenSolly (uncredited)
Johnny EckertCar-Driver (uncredited)
Carl EkbergAdolf Hitler (uncredited)
Edith EvansonLeland's Nurse (uncredited)
Carl FaulknerHermann Goring (uncredited)
Juanita FieldsDancer (uncredited)
Edna Mae JonesDancer (uncredited)
Leda NicovaDancer (uncredited)
Jolane ReynoldsDancer (uncredited)
Suzanne RidgwayDancer (uncredited)
Olin FrancisExpressman (uncredited)
Louise FranklinSusan's Maid (uncredited)
Renee GodfreyNurse (uncredited)
Peter GowlandGuest (uncredited)
Jimmy GrantMan at Party in Everglades (uncredited)
Jesse GravesJoseph (uncredited)
Ernest GrooneyMan on Hospital Roof (uncredited)
Jack GwynneMan on Hospital Roof (uncredited)
Teddy MangeanMan on Roof (uncredited)
Henry HebertBest Man at Wedding (uncredited)
Bryan 'Slim' HightowerFish Driver (uncredited)
Mitchell IngrahamPolitician (uncredited)
Philip MorrisPolitician (uncredited)
Francis SaylesPolitician (uncredited)
George W. JimenezWaiter at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Ellen LoweMs. Townsend (uncredited)
James T. MackPrompter (uncredited)
Mickey MartinNewsboy (uncredited)
Bruce SidneyNewsman (uncredited)
Major McBrideShadowgraph Man (uncredited)
Frank McLure(uncredited)
Charles MeakinCivic Leader (uncredited)
Edward Peil Jr.Civic Leader (uncredited)
Irving MitchellDr. Corey (uncredited)
Frances E. NealEthel (uncredited)
Lillian NicholsonWoman at Opera (uncredited)
Joseph NorthSecretary (uncredited)
William H. O'BrienSecretary (uncredited)
Field NortonOpera Spectator (uncredited)
Dick ScottOpera Spectator (uncredited)
Frank O'ConnorMan at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)
Russ PowellMan at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)
Bert StevensMan at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)
Thomas PogueMan (uncredited)
Lillian O'MalleyWoman in Front of Chronicle Building (uncredited)
Jack RaymondStagehand (uncredited)
Gohr Van VleckStagehand (uncredited)
Myrtle RishellBig Governess (uncredited)
Benny RubinSmather (uncredited)
Shimen RuskinHireling (uncredited)
George SherwoodHireling (uncredited)
Edward RyanMan in Inquirer City Room (uncredited)
Landers StevensSenate Investigator (uncredited)
Harry J. VejarPortuguese Laborer (uncredited)
Tudor WilliamsChorus Master (uncredited)
Arthur YeomanSpeaker (uncredited)
Tim DavisCopy Boy (uncredited)
Charles BennettEntertainer (uncredited)
Arthur KayOrchestra Leader (Uncredited)
John AlbanReporter (uncredited)
Finn ZirzowAudience Member (uncredited)
Sam HarrisNewsreel Man (uncredited)
Dorothy ClevelandWoman in Front of Chronicle Building (uncredited)
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