Confidential Report

Confidential Report

  • Director: Orson Welles
  • Countries of origin: France, Spain, Switzerland
  • Language: English, German, French, Polish, Latin
  • Release date: October 2, 1962
  • Runtime: 1 hour 33 minutes
  • Aspect ratio: 1.37 : 1
  • Also known as: Herr Satan persönlich!
  • "Mr Arkadin" is a crime film directed by Orson Welles, starring Orson Welles and Akim Tamiroff.
    The film tells the story of Stratton, who is commissioned by the famous billionaire Arkadin to investigate his background, which leads to a series of murders.
    The film won four of the nine Oscars: Best Actor, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film.

    Details

    • Release date October 2, 1962
    • Filming locations Sebastiansplatz, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
    • Production companies Filmorsa, Cervantes Films, Sevilla Films

    Box office

    Gross worldwide

    $4,528

    Movie reviews

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    • By Luis 2022-10-23 23:34:26

      Always angry, always irritable, for no reason



      What caught my attention the most was Van Stratten's uninterrupted anger.

      I'd rather believe that Arkaddin did lose his memory. Wells appeared in his works in the image of a tall and heroic figure, surrounded by fog and rumors, all of which sought the sympathy of the audience - we hope he has the dirtiest past, and at the same time we hope he can get the most tragic ending....

    • By Clementine 2022-10-23 19:34:42

      "Mr. Arkadin"

      Because this is the most severely castrated work described by Orson Welles, the re-edited version of CC that I watched directly is less than ten minutes longer than the original version, and it is more based on the director's style and basic logic. Partial clip.

      I don't know what the status of this film will be if Orson Welles himself survives, even from the current version, it is still inferior to any of his other works.

      From the narrative, the lens, the...

    • By Rico 2022-10-23 19:02:09

      Incredible family history

        In this film, Orson Welles keeps changing the story scenes, carefully designing every film screen and shooting angle, so that the audience can enjoy a visual feast throughout the whole film viewing process.
         Orson Welles likes to play the kind of mysterious, unpredictable and psychologically complex characters in movies. This time, he played Arkadin, who did some evil deeds to accumulate primitive wealth, and later became a rich man. He is proud of his ruthlessness as a human being,...

    User comments

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    • By Napoleon 2023-09-14 14:17:37

      The story is a little weaker, but still an ingenious one. Still admiring Wells' shots and...

    • By Maureen 2023-08-02 21:06:19

      Rewatch. Ao Fatty's description of the process of "materializing" people in the big environment is a masterpiece, and the way of expressing actions indirectly through camera movements many times is long before Roeg. Unfortunately, there are still many flaws. And, a lot of upside-down shots seem to be to overcome the frame and incorporate more groups (the traditional Hollywood way of expressing small contexts is usually triangular composition, and intrusion and departure are also achieved by...

    • By Vinnie 2023-07-08 07:44:30

      c4ade5gs full english subtitles,...

    • By Dagmar 2023-06-14 11:55:29

      see also welles' megalomaniac, personal imprint...

    • By Joyce 2023-06-06 08:54:57

      80 days roaming the earth

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    If Citizen Kane's fictional biography depicts the fortunes of the tycoons in Capitalist society , and Wells tells the lives of these wealthy men from a more human perspective, then Mr Arkadin is a fairy tale In the form of a story about the disgrace of the capitalists before they made their fortunes. Arkatin just doesn't want his daughter to know about his ugly past, all kinds of faces, all kinds of purposes, for money, claiming that...
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    Movie quotes

    • Mily: Some of the guns he sent to the Reds in China didn't even shoot.

      Gregory Arkadin: Is Van Stratton a communist?

      Mily: Are you kidding?

      Gregory Arkadin: Then, what's he complaining about?

    • Gregory Arkadin: When did you talk to Van Stratton?

      Mily: [Drunkenly] It seems you were pretty chummy with some Nazi collaborators in Vichy.

      Gregory Arkadin: Have some champagne.

      Mily: They trusted you with all their money, those Nazis, who invested in South America for after the war. They didn't even ask for a receipt! Now their families can't even prove the money's theirs. And then, and then there's Mussolini. All those roads you built for the fascists in Ethiopia. Bad water. Not enough-enough food. Guy said more than a hundred of the men died. You know, you're kind of cute in a weird sort of a way. After a person gets over being scared of you. Why'd you grow that awful beard?

      Gregory Arkadin: To scare people with.

    • Guy Van Stratten: Why would a man want to escape from Poland?

      The Professor: Because, the past few years, my country has offered its people a wide variety of incentives for moving elsewhere.