Orson Welles
Citizen Kane became one of the most influential films ever made. This topic is part of Film People within Movies & Television. This page currently draws on 11 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Orson Welles trivia questions
Orson Welles directed and starred in which 1941 film?
Answer: Citizen Kane
Bonus fact: Citizen Kane became one of the most influential films ever made.
Which radio drama caused a famous public reaction in 1938?
Answer: The War of the Worlds
Bonus fact: Welles's Mercury Theatre broadcast presented the story as breaking news.
What fictional newspaper tycoon does Welles play in Citizen Kane?
Answer: Charles Foster Kane
Bonus fact: The character was partly inspired by real media magnates.
Which Reed film stars Orson Welles as Harry Lime?
Answer: The Third Man
Bonus fact: The Third Man is set in postwar Vienna.
Which actress stars opposite Orson Welles in "The Lady from Shanghai"?
Answer: Rita Hayworth
Bonus fact: Hayworth cut and dyed her famous red hair blonde for the role of Elsa Bannister.
Orson Welles adapted "The Lady from Shanghai" from which novel?
Answer: If I Die Before I Wake
Bonus fact: Sherwood King’s novel provided the basic story, though Welles reshaped it heavily for the screen.
Which Shakespeare character is at the center of Orson Welles’s "Chimes at Midnight"?
Answer: Sir John Falstaff
Bonus fact: Welles himself plays the larger-than-life Falstaff.
Orson Welles’s "F for Fake" is mainly about what subject?
Answer: Forgery and deception
Bonus fact: The film playfully blurs documentary, performance, editing, and outright trickery.
Which 1958 film Touch of Evil opens with a famous long tracking shot?
Answer: Touch of Evil
Bonus fact: Orson Welles directed the elaborate opening sequence.
Who directed and starred in the 1948 film "Macbeth"?
Answer: Orson Welles
Bonus fact: Welles played Macbeth himself and brought an expressionistic visual style to Shakespeare’s tragedy.
Who directed and played the title role in the 1951 film "Othello"?
Answer: Orson Welles
Bonus fact: Welles spent years completing the film while financing pieces of production from other acting jobs.