<P> Thompson interviews Kane's estranged best friend, Jedediah Leland, in a retirement home . Leland recalls how Kane's marriage to Emily disintegrates more and more over the years, and he begins an affair with amateur singer Susan Alexander while he is running for Governor of New York . Both his wife and his political opponent discover the affair and the public scandal ends his political career . Kane marries Susan and forces her into a humiliating operatic career for which she has neither the talent nor the ambition . </P> <P> Back in the present, Susan now consents to an interview with Thompson and recalls her failed opera career . Kane finally allows her to abandon her singing career after she attempts suicide . After years spent dominated by Kane and living in isolation at Xanadu, Susan leaves Kane . Kane's butler Raymond recounts that, after Susan leaves him, Kane begins violently destroying the contents of her bedroom . He suddenly calms down when he sees a snow globe and says, "Rosebud". </P> <P> Back at Xanadu, Kane's belongings are being cataloged or discarded . Thompson concludes that he is unable to solve the mystery and that the meaning of Kane's last word will forever remain an enigma . As the film ends, the camera reveals that "Rosebud" is the trade name of the sled on which the eight - year - old Kane was playing on the day that he was taken from his home in Colorado . Thought to be junk by Xanadu's staff, the sled is burned in a furnace . </P> <P> The beginning of the film's ending credits state that "Most of the principal actors in Citizen Kane are new to motion pictures . The Mercury Theatre is proud to introduce them ." The cast is listed in the following order: </P>

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