The Battle Over Citizen Kane

Media titan William Randolph Hearst, whose empire thrived on sensationalism, perceives a direct threat in the form of wunderkind Orson Welles. Welles is finalizing "Citizen Kane," a film widely interpreted as a venomous caricature of Hearst himself. An unprecedented battle erupts: pressure on RKO Studios, threats of a newspaper chain boycott, attempts to buy and burn every print. This documentary chronicles the clash of two colossal wills, where the stakes extend beyond reputation to the very survival of a film destined to redefine cinema.