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Mr. Arkadin (1955) [N/A]

Release Date:
August 9, 1955

Original Title:
Mr. Arkadin

Alternate Titles:
Confidential Report
Grilhões do Passado
Mister Arkadin
Monsieur Arkadin - Dossier secret
Мистер Аркадин
Тайное досье

Genres:
Mystery | Thriller

Production Companies:
Bavaria Film
Cervantes Films
Filmorsa
Mercury Productions
Sevilla Films

Production Countries:
France | Spain | Switzerland

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  FR: U 

Runtime: 107

Discovering the past can be murder...

Overview from TheMovieDB

Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can't remember anything before the late 1920s, and convict Guy Van Stratten is happy to take the job of exploring his new acquaintance's life story. Guy's research turns up stunning details about his employer's past, and as his work seems linked to untimely deaths, the mystery surrounding Mr. Arkadin deepens.

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Art Direction:
Orson Welles

Assistant Director:
Isidoro M. Ferry
José María Ochoa
José Luis de la Serna

Camera Operator:
Paul Rodier
Louis Stein

Costume Design:
Orson Welles

Director:
Orson Welles

Director of Photography:
Jean Bourgoin

Editor:
Renzo Lucidi
William Morton
Orson Welles

Makeup Artist:
Roy Ashton
Arcadio Ochoa
Francisco Puyol

Original Music Composer:
Paul Misraki

Producer:
Louis Dolivet
Orson Welles

Production Design:
Orson Welles

Screenplay:
Orson Welles

Set Decoration:
Gil Parrondo
Luis Pérez Espinosa

Sound:
Jacques Lebreton

Sound Engineer:
Jaime Torrens

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Jacques Carrère

Story:
Orson Welles

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