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Orson Welles: A Tribute

Citizen Kane

Dir.: Orson Welles
| 119 minutes

A group of reporters are trying to decipher the last word ever spoken by millionaire newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane: “Rosebud.” As the reporters investigate further, the viewers see a display of the fascinating man’s rise to fame, and how he eventually fell off the “top of the world.” A stunning film in every way.

The Magnificent Ambersons

Dir.: Orson Welles
| 88 minutes

A brilliant drama about an upper-class family unwilling to change its way of life with the times. When the daughter of an inventor, who returned to the town, captures the attention of George Ambersons, the pace of the events leading up to the climax accelerates.

The Stranger

Dir.: Orson Welles
| 95 minutes

Inspector Wilson of the Commission for War Crimes is sent to Harper, Connecticut, in the hope to unmask a notorious Nazi leader, now posing as a schoolmaster. The film contains quite a few elements from Welles' greatest works that culminate into  the magnificent drand finale.

The Lady from Shanghai

Dir.: Orson Welles
| 87 minutes

The blossoming romance between a skeptical sailor and the not-so-naive young wife of an older and not-so-innocent lawyer. Orson Welles created a twisted film noir that displays his talent for shaping characters and creating atmosphere. Its final scene is considered one of the pinnacles of cinema.

The Third Man

Dir.: Carol Reed
| 104 minutes

The classical adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel about the mysterious disappearance of the writer Harry Lime in post-WWII Vienna. This suspenseful plot set on the background of the opening moments of the Cold War is the ground for this masterpiece for the ages. 

Mr. Arkadin

Dir.: Orson Welles
| 99 minutes

An American tobacco smuggler learns of the last words uttered by a man stabbed in the back: "Gregory Arkadin and Sophie", and believes that he is on to something big. He approaches Mr. Arkadin in the man's Spanish castle and the mysterious Arkadin hires him to investigate a period in his murky past which he claims he cannot remember... 

Touch of Evil

Dir.: Orson Welles
| 110 minutes

The clash of wills between an evil American cop and a Mexican drug-squad investigator is at the center of Orson Welles' film. Welles takes the tropes and characteristics of the Film Noir to the very edge  to present this masterful classic. 

The Trial

Dir.: Orson Welles
| 120 minutes

A gripping adaptation of Kafka's novel about a man in a nameless country who is arrested for a crime that is never explained to him. Welles remains faithful to the original, adapts it to his present day, and takes a journey through the hell of the 20th century through his traditional baroque imagery. 

F for Fake

Dir.: Orson Welles
| 89 minutes

Orson Welles’ last film is built around material shot by documentarist Francois Reichenbach, about the Howard Hughes mystery, the forger Elmer de Hory and the fake biography written by Clifford Irving. It soon becomes clear, however, that Welles himself is the central character.