Citizen Kane (1941)
Director: Orson Welles
Starring: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, Agnes Moorehead, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins, George Coulouris, Ruth Warrick, William Alland, Paul Stewart, Erskine Sanford
Oscar: screenplay by Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz
Based on the life of William Randolph Hearst. Historically, the film is a masterpiece because of its many firsts in the history of film.
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