The Magnificent Ambersons

Among the most famous of broken films, Orson Welles’ masterful follow-up to Citizen Kane was taken out of his control and re-edited by the studio.

  • Director

    Orson Welles

  • With

    Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Anne Baxter

  • USA 1942. 88min

  • 35mm

  • Certificate

    U

Welles’ second feature chronicles the fall of a wealthy Indianapolis family during the American industrialisation boom of the early 20th century. Isabel Amberson’s spoiled son stands in the way of both her personal happiness and the advancement of their family fortune. Intricate camerawork and expressive mise-en-scène chart the demise of the family, which is mirrored in the declining state of Ambersons’ mansion, once the pride of their town.

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