A very strange motion picture shot in Spain, Germany, Italy, and France in 1954 and 1955, MR. ARKADIN (a.k.a. CONFIDENTIAL REPORT) remains one of Welles's most interesting failures. The director would later claim that its weaknesses were the fault of a ruthless distributor who insisted on
reediting the film himself. Welles wrote the novel and the screenplay, starred, and directed--a feat not unlike his monumental CITIZEN KANE. The results here, unfortunately, are not as monumental. Welles enjoyed examining the lives of unique men: KANE, Harry Lime in THE THIRD MAN, Cagliostro in
BLACK MAGIC, Cesare Borgia in PRINCE OF FOXES, and MACBETH. In the instance of MR. ARKA...
Released:
1955
Rated:
NR
Length:
93 mins