Citizen Kane is considered by many to be a great film.
== Cast ==The beginning of the film's ending credits state that "Most of the principal actors in Citizen Kane are new to motion pictures
The quasi-biographical film examines the life and legacy of Charles Foster Kane, played by Welles, a composite character based on American media barons William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, Chicago tycoons Samuel Insull and Harold McCormick, as well as aspects of the screenwriters' own lives

