Orson Welles in 1937. Photo of Karl Van Vechten
Orson Welles' filmography includes 11 full-length feature films and 2 documentary films, in the production of which Wells directed, and he played at least one role in each of his artistic films. Only 4 of 13 films by Orson Welles came out in a single, directing, editing edition: “ Citizen Kane ”, “Midnight Bells” (“Falstaff”) , “ F as Fake ” and How was filmed “Othello” . The rest, for various reasons, exist in different versions.
Content
As a director
Full length (completed)
| Year | Title | original name | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Citizen kane | Citizen kane | Charles Foster Kane | 119 minute picture is complete. [1] It exists in a single, directing, editing version. [2] |
| 1942 | Gorgeous Ambersons | The Magnificent Ambersons | narrator | Mounted in April 1942, the draft 132-minute assembly has not survived to this day. A remounted and partially reassembled 88-minute version was released in July 1942. [one] |
| 1946 | Stranger | The stranger | Professor Charles Rankin, Franz Kindler | The director's version of the picture, most likely finished, was not preserved. The studio version is heavily modified and remounted. The film is in the public domain. [3] |
| 1947 | Lady from shanghai | The Lady from Shanghai | Michael O'Hara | Filmed in the autumn of 1946 - in the winter of 1947, the preliminary version lasted 155 minutes. Released with a delay in 1948 by the studio Columbia Pictures version of the film had a timing of 86 minutes. Cut 69 minutes of material were destroyed. [3] |
| 1948 | Macbeth | Macbeth | Macbeth | Filmed in 23 days in the summer of 1947, the picture was preserved in 107-minute and 86-minute versions, both of which were mounted by Wells. The second version was made at the request of the film company Republic Pictures . [3] |
| 1952 | Othello | The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice | Othello | The tape was filmed from 1949 to 1952. While retaining full control over the result, Wells rewired the film at least twice. The premiere of the first version took place in May 1952 at the Cannes Film Festival. The second version was released in the USA in September 1955. Original versions of both editing editions can be found in archives and private collections. The only publicly available version of the film is the “restoration” of the second version, where the sound track has been significantly changed. [four] |
| 1955 | Mr Arkadin | Mr. Arkadin | Gregory Arkadin | There are several editing versions taken in 1954-1955, but none of them are likely to be completed. [four] |
| 1958 | Evil seal | Touch of Evil | Police Captain Hank Quinlen | |
| 1962 | Process | Le procès | Albert hustler | Wells had the final editing right, finished. The tape is in the public domain. [five] |
| 1965 | Midnight Bells (Falstaff) | Campanadas a medianoche | sir john falstaff | Wells had the right to final editing. [6] |
| 1968 | Immortal story | The immortal story | mr charles clay | The film is over. [6] |
| 1975 | F as fake ( Documentary ) | F for fake | cameo | Filming probably ended in late 1972, but the premiere took place at film festivals in New York and San Sebastian in 1974, and in 1976 the film was released in the US. Final erection belongs to Wells. [7] |
| 1978 | How was filmed "Othello" ( Documentary ) | Filming "Othello" | cameo | A documentary film made specifically for the television of the Federal Republic of Germany , which was never shown in the United States . The rights to this film belong to Wells's friend Oya Kodar. However, Orson’s daughter, Beatrice Wells, who owns the world rights to the 1952 Othello painting, banned the release of a documentary tape under the threat of lawsuits. {{Sfn | Wells | 2011 | c = 481 |
| 2018 | Other side of the wind |
Short
| Year | Title | original name | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Hearts of the era | The Hearts of Age | Death | The remaining 5-minute dumb home movie filmed by nineteen Wells in collaboration with William Vance in one day in the interiors and around the fire station building in Woodstock, Illinois . [eight] |
| 1938 | Too much johnson | Too much johnson | Dumb Cop ( born Keystone Cop ) | Three silent kinonovely, intended to co-lead the production of the same comedy by William Gillette. The unfinished film was never shown during Wells's lifetime. For a long time it was believed that the film died in a fire in 1970, but in 2008, the positive was found in Italy and restored [9] [10] [11] . |
| 1939 | Green goddess | Green goddess | ... | A short film prologue to William Archer 's melodrama "Green Goddess", set by Wells in the summer of 1939. The video is considered lost. [12] |
| 1941 | Citizen Kane, trailer | Citizen kane trailer | Charles Foster Kane | Four-minute trailer for the film "Citizen Kane." Consists of new material. [one] |
| 1976 | F as fake trailer | F for Fake trailer | ... | Nine-minute trailer for the film “F as a fake”, filmed in December 1976. There is only a working copy. [2] |
Unfinished or unimplemented films
| Year | Title | original name | Story |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | All this is true | It's all true |
As an actor in films of other directors
| Year | Movie title | original name | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Swiss Robinson Family | Swiss family robinson | narrator |
| 1943 | Journey to fear | Journey into Fear | Colonel Khaki |
| Jane eyre | Jane eyre | Edward Rochester | |
| 1944 | Follow the boys | Follow the boys | cameo |
| 1946 | Duel under the sun | Duel in the sun | narrator |
| Tomorrow forever | Tomorrow is Forever | John MacDonald, Erich Kessler | |
| 1949 | Black magic | Black magic | Cagliostro |
| Prince fox | Prince of Foxes | Caesar Borgia | |
| Third person | The third man | Harry lime | |
| 1950 | Black Rose | The black rose | Bayan |
| 1951 | Return to Glennaskaul | Return to Glennascaul | narrator |
| Don Camillo's Little World | Le Petit Monde de Don Camillo | narrator | |
| 1952 | Trent's Last Case | Trent's last case | Siksby Manderson |
| 1953 | Man, beast and virtue | L'Uomo, la bestia e la virtù | Captain Perella, the Beast |
| Secrets of Versailles | Si Versailles m'était conté | Benjamin Franklin | |
| 1954 | Glen Trouble | Trouble in the glen | Sanin Sehador-e-Menges |
| 1955 | Three homicide cases | Three Cases of Murder | Lord Montdrago |
| Napoleon: Path to the top | Napoleon | Hudson Lowe | |
| 1956 | Moby dick | Moby dick | father maple |
| 1957 | Man in the shade | Man in the shadow | Virgil Renchler |
| 1958 | Long hot summer | The Long, Hot Summer | Will varner |
| Vikings | The vikings | narrator | |
| Adventure on the South Seas | South seas adventure | narrator | |
| Sky roots | The Roots of Heaven | Sai Sedgwick | |
| 1959 | big Adventure | High journey | narrator |
| Violence | Compulsion | Jonathan wilk | |
| Forest owners | Les Seigneurs de la forêt | narrator | |
| Ferry to Hong Kong | Ferry to Hong Kong | captain hart | |
| 1960 | David and Goliath | David and Goliath | King Saul |
| Crack in the mirror | Crack in the mirror | Lamersier, Agolen | |
| Battle of Austerlitz | Austerlitz | Robert Fulton | |
| 1961 | Lafayette | La fayette | Benjamin Franklin |
| King of Kings | King of kings | narrator | |
| Tatars | I tartari | Burunday | |
| 1962 | RoGopaG | Ro.Go.Pa.G. | film director (short story "Sheep Cheese") |
| 1963 | Very eminent persons | The VIPs | Max Buda |
| 1964 | Best watches | The finest hours | narrator |
| 1965 | King's Story | A king's story | narrator |
| Marco Polo's fantastic adventure | La fabuleuse aventure de marco polo | Ackerman | |
| Treasure Island | La isla del tesoro | John silver | |
| 1966 | Is Paris burning? | Paris brûle-t-il? | Consul Raul Nordling |
| Man for all time | A Man for All Seasons | Cardinal Wolsey | |
| 1967 | A mess at twenty | Le Désordre à vingt ans | cameo |
| Casino Royale" | Casino royale | Le Chiffre | |
| Sailor from Gibraltar | The Sailor from Gibraltar | Louis de Mozambique | |
| I will never forget that name | I'll Never Forget What's'isname | Jonathan lut | |
| 1968 | King Oedipus | Oedipus the king | Tiresias |
| Teppe | Tepepa | Colonel Cascorro | |
| Immortal story | The immortal story | mr charles clay | |
| Traveling around the world by Mike Todd | Around the World of Mike Todd | narrator | |
| House of cards | House of Cards | Leshenhout | |
| Battle of rome | Kampf um rom i | Justinian I | |
| 1969 | Battle for Rome 2: Betrayal | Kampf um Rom II - Der Verrat | Justinian I |
| South Star | The southern star | Plankett | |
| Battle of the Neretva | Bitka na neretvi | Chetnik senator | |
| 12 + 1 | 12 + 1 | Marcan | |
| 1970 | Is it always right to be right? | Is it always right to be right? | narrator |
| Horse named Nijinsky | A horse called nijinsky | narrator | |
| A letter from the Kremlin | The Kremlin Letter | Bresnavich | |
| Start a revolution without me | Start the Revolution Without Me | narrator | |
| Trick-22 | Catch-22 | General Dridl | |
| Salvador Dali | Salvador dali | narrator | |
| Waterloo | Waterloo | Louis XVIII | |
| 1971 | Malpertuis | Malpertuis | Cassavius |
| River of freedom | Freedom river | narrator | |
| Guardians of Silence | Centinelas del silencio | narrator | |
| Safe place | A Safe Place | magician | |
| Director John Ford | Directed by John Ford | narrator | |
| 1972 | Futurok | Future shock | narrator |
| Need to know where your rabbit is | Get to Know Your Rabbit | Mr Delasandro | |
| Treasure Island | Treasure island | John silver | |
| Necromancy | Necromancy | mr kato | |
| The man who came to dinner | The Man Who Came to Dinner | Sheridan Whiteside | |
| 1974 | Ten Little Indians | Ten little indians | voice recording |
| Challenge ... Tribute to contemporary art | The Challenge ... A Tribute to Modern Art | narrator | |
| 1980 | The Mystery of Nikola Tesla | Tajna Nikole Tesle | Morgan J.P. |
| 1981 | The man who saw the future | The Man Who Saw Tomorrow | narrator |
| 1986 | Transformers | The Transformers: The Movie | Unicron (voice) |
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Wells, 2011 , p. 471.
- ↑ 1 2 Wells, 2011 , p. 480.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Wells, 2011 , p. 472.
- ↑ 1 2 Wells, 2011 , p. 473.
- ↑ Wells, 2011 , p. 477.
- ↑ 1 2 Wells, 2011 , p. 478.
- ↑ Wells, 2011 , p. 479–480.
- ↑ Wells, 2011 , p. 470.
- ↑ Kehr, David. Early Film by Orson Welles Is Rediscovered . The New York Times (2013, August 7).
- ↑ McKenna, Josephine. Unfinished Orson Welles film found in Italy . The Telegraph (2013, August 08). Archived August 29, 2013.
- ↑ Eastman House restores lost Welles film [documentary]. George Eastman House. (2013, August 7). Checked August 15, 2013.
- ↑ Wells, 2011 , p. 470-471.
Literature
- Nina Tsyrkun . Wells on Wells. - M .: Rainbow, 1990. - 448 p. - 50 000 copies - ISBN 5-05-002579-6 .
- Wells, Orson and Bogdanovich, Peter. Meet - Orson Welles. - M .: Rosebud Publishing, Post Modern Technology, 2011. - 496 p. - 3000 copies - ISBN 978-5-904175-08-5 .