Continuity mistake: When Kane and Susan are speaking in their mansion, Susan is busying herself with jigsaw puzzles. The wide shot shows the jigsaw puzzle almost completed, but Susan's close-up shows the jigsaw puzzle in pieces.
Citizen Kane (1941)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Orson Welles
Starring: Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Agnes Moorehead, Dorothy Comingore
"Rosebud" refers to the sled Kane owned as a young boy; it symbolizes his lost innocence and ultimate dissapointment with life.
More mistakes in Citizen Kane
Charles Foster Kane: Rosebud.
Trivia: The shot of the loud, squawking bird was purposely placed by Orson Welles to make sure the audience was still awake.
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