Directed by:
Orson WellesScreenplay:
Orson WellesCinematography:
Jean BourgoinComposer:
Paul MisrakiCast:
Orson Welles, Michael Redgrave, Patricia Medina, Mischa Auer, Akim Tamiroff, Suzanne Flon, Terence Longdon, Katina Paxinou, Gert Fröbe, Eduard Linkers (more)VOD (1)
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In the film, small-time American smuggler Guy van Stratten is hired by elusive billionaire Gregory Arkadin to investigate the tycoon's past. What follows is a dizzying descent into the Cold War landscape of a Europe trying to erase its history. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Orson Welles
USA
Best movies:
Shogun (1980) (series) - narrator
Waterloo (1970)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Michael Redgrave
UK
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The Hill (1965)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
The Browning Version (1951)
Patricia Medina
UK
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The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Confidential Report (1955)
The First of the Few (1942)
Mischa Auer
Russian Empire
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Hellzapoppin' (1941)
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet (1955)
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Akim Tamiroff
Russian Empire
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Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Suzanne Flon
France
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No Time for Breakfast (1976)
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The Train (1964)
Terence Longdon
UK
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The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Katina Paxinou
Greece
Best movies:
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
The Trial (1962)
Confidential Report (1955)
Gert Fröbe
German Empire
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The Longest Day (1962)
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Eduard Linkers
Austria-Hungary
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Steppenwolf (1974)
Confidential Report (1955)
Peter van Eyck
German Empire
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The Longest Day (1962)
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Grégoire Aslan
Ottoman Empire
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The Knight of the Night (1954)
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor (1951)
Cleopatra (1963)
Paola Mori
Italy
Best movies:
The Trial (1962)
Confidential Report (1955)
Manuel Requena
Spain
Best movies:
Confidential Report (1955)
Jack Watling
UK
Best movies:
Reach for the Sky (1956)
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Robert Rietty
UK
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
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Frédéric O'Brady
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
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Picnic on the Grass (1959)
Confidential Report (1955)
Gordon Heath
USA
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Animal Farm (1954)
Anne-Marie Mersen
Best movies:
When a Woman Meddles (1957)
A Woman Like Satan (1958)
Confidential Report (1955)
Antonio Molino Rojo
Spain
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
For a Few Dollars More (1965)