Charles Foster Kane

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fictional character film character

Charles Foster Kane is the ambitious, enigmatic newspaper magnate at the center of Orson Welles's film "Citizen Kane," whose rise and fall explore themes of power, identity, and lost innocence.

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Label Occurrences
Charles Foster Kane canonical 31

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
appearsIn Citizen Kane ⓘ
associatedWith Rosebud ⓘ
basedOn William Randolph Hearst ⓘ
childhoodHome Colorado boarding house ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdBy Herman J. Mankiewicz ⓘ
Orson Welles ⓘ
deathPlace Xanadu ⓘ
diesIn Citizen Kane ⓘ
employerOf Jedediah Leland ⓘ
Mr. Bernstein ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear 1941 ⓘ
friendOf Jedediah Leland ⓘ
Mr. Bernstein ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
guardian Walter Parks Thatcher ⓘ
hasSpouse Emily Monroe Norton Kane ⓘ
Susan Alexander Kane ⓘ
lastWord Rosebud ⓘ
losesElectionFor Governor of New York ⓘ
medium film ⓘ
narrativeRole protagonist ⓘ
notableQuote You provide the prose poems; I’ll provide the war. ⓘ
notableTrait ambitious ⓘ
charismatic ⓘ
controlling ⓘ
enigmatic ⓘ
lonely ⓘ
occupation businessman ⓘ
newspaper magnate ⓘ
politician ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
owns New York Inquirer ⓘ
Xanadu ⓘ
parentOf Charles Foster Kane Jr. ⓘ
Unnamed second son ⓘ
politicalParty fictional reform party ⓘ
portrayedBy Orson Welles ⓘ
raisedBy Walter Parks Thatcher ⓘ
residesIn Xanadu ⓘ
runsForOffice Governor of New York ⓘ
theme corruption ⓘ
identity ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
lost innocence ⓘ
power ⓘ
American Dream ⓘ
surface form: the American Dream

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Citizen Kane → mainCharacter → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
Citizen Kane → character → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
William Randolph Hearst → inspiredCharacter → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
Jedediah Leland → employer → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
Jedediah Leland → friendOf → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
Jedediah Leland → collegeFriendOf → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
Jedediah Leland → loyaltyConflictWith → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
Walter Parks Thatcher → hasRelationshipWith → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
Walter Parks Thatcher → guardianOf → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
Mr. Bernstein → employer → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
Mr. Bernstein → loyalTo → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
Mr. Bernstein → closeAssociateOf → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
Mr. Bernstein → worksFor → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
name for Charles Foster Kane’s mansion in Citizen Kane → ownerInFiction → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
subject surface form: Xanadu (Citizen Kane)
name for Charles Foster Kane’s mansion in Citizen Kane → associatedWithCharacter → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
subject surface form: Xanadu (Citizen Kane)
name for Charles Foster Kane’s mansion in Citizen Kane → finalResidenceOf → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
subject surface form: Xanadu (Citizen Kane)
Mary Kane → hasChild → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
Susan Alexander Kane → spouseOf → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
Emily Monroe Norton Kane → spouseOf → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
Emily Monroe Norton Kane → firstSpouseOf → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
Citizen Kane (1941 film) score → associatedWithCharacter → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
Charles Foster Kane Jr. → father → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
New York Inquirer → ownerInFiction → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
New York Inquirer → founderInFiction → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
New York Inquirer → acquiredByInFiction → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
New York Inquirer → usedByCharacter → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
Rosebud → spokenByCharacter → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
Rosebud → associatedWithCharacter → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
The Inquirer → owner → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
The Inquirer → associatedWithCharacter → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
Jerry Thompson → investigates → Charles Foster Kane ⓘ