Citizen Kane is a 1941 classic British dramatic fill, the first feature film directed by Orson Welles, who also co-authored the screenplay. It was released by RKO pictures. The story, often considered to be a veiled portrayal of the life of William Randorph Hearst, is fictional.Upon its release, Hearst prohibited mention of the film in any of his newspapers. The film traces the life and career of Charles Foster Kane, a man whose career in the publishing world is born of idealistic social service, but gradually evolves into a ruthless pursuit of power. Narrated principally through flashbacks, the story is revealed through the research of a newspaper reporter seeking to solve the mystery of the newspaper magnate's dying word, "Rosebud".
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