Directed by:
Orson WellesScreenplay:
Orson WellesCinematography:
Jean BourgoinComposer:
Paul MisrakiCast:
Orson Welles, Michael Redgrave, Patricia Medina, Mischa Auer, Akim Tamiroff, Suzanne Flon, Terence Longdon, Katina Paxinou, Gert Fröbe, Eduard Linkers (more)Plots(1)
In the film, small-time American smuggler Guy van Stratten is hired by elusive billionaire Gregory Arkadin to investigate the tycoon's past. What follows is a dizzying descent into the Cold War landscape of a Europe trying to erase its history. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Orson Welles](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267527_357cbf.jpg)
Orson Welles
USA
Best movies:
Shogun (1980) (series) - narrator
Waterloo (1970)
Citizen Kane (1941)
![Michael Redgrave](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505326_dbf968.jpg)
Michael Redgrave
UK
Best movies:
The Hill (1965)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
The Browning Version (1951)
![Patricia Medina](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/507/507465_8a440b.jpg)
Patricia Medina
UK
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
Spitfire (1942)
![Mischa Auer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496820_a92aeb.jpg)
Mischa Auer
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet (1955)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
![Akim Tamiroff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272389_d5fa40.jpg)
Akim Tamiroff
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Reluctant Saint (1962)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Touch of Evil (1958)
![Suzanne Flon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/448/448882_f575b1.jpg)
Suzanne Flon
France
Best movies:
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
Un amour de pluie (1974)
The Train (1964)
Terence Longdon
UK
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
![Katina Paxinou](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/349/164349831_867760.png)
Katina Paxinou
Greece
Best movies:
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
The Trial (1962)
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
![Gert Fröbe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272441_8bd292.jpg)
Gert Fröbe
German Empire
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Goldfinger (1964)
It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
![Eduard Linkers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273688_3844b8.jpg)
Eduard Linkers
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Krakatit (1948)
Steppenwolf (1974)
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
![Peter van Eyck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279544_90c556.jpg)
Peter van Eyck
German Empire
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
The Wages of Fear (1953)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
![Grégoire Aslan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/431/431693_57a57c.jpg)
Grégoire Aslan
Ottoman Empire
Best movies:
The Knight of the Night (1954)
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor (1951)
Cleopatra (1963)
![Paola Mori](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/126/158126034_107218.jpg)
Paola Mori
Italy
Best movies:
The Trial (1962)
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
Manuel Requena
Spain
Best movies:
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
![Jack Watling](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/165/160165130_3b7df7.gif)
Jack Watling
UK
Best movies:
Reach for the Sky (1956)
A Night to Remember (1958)
The Public Eye (1972)
![Robert Rietty](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/486/160486485_0071b5.jpg)
Robert Rietty
UK
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Frédéric O'Brady
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Les Liaisons dangereuses (1959)
Picnic on the Grass (1959)
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
Gordon Heath
USA
Best movies:
Asterix in Britain (1986)
Asterix vs. Caesar (1985)
Animal Farm (1954)
Anne-Marie Mersen
Best movies:
When a Woman Meddles (1957)
The Female (1958)
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
Antonio Molino Rojo
Spain
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
For a Few Dollars More (1965)