Vertigo takes greatest film title of all time

1 August 2012 Last updated at 16:27 ET Help

Once a decade hundreds of the world's leading cinema critics are asked to cast their vote in a poll to decide "The Greatest Film of all Time".

For the past 50 years there has been only one winner: Orson Welles's 1940s masterpiece Citizen Kane.

But on Wednesday, Sight and Sound magazine revealed the results of the latest vote, and the prestigious title has changed hands.

Will Gompertz reports.

Pictures courtesy of Universal Home Entertainment

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