Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his name by selling forged works of art by painters like Picasso and Matisse. Irving was infamous for writing a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes. Welles moves between documentary and fiction as he examines the fundamental elements of fraud and the people who commit fraud at the expense of others.
Cast
Orson Welles
Self
Oja Kodar
The Girl
Elmyr de Hory
Self
Clifford Irving
Self
Laurence Harvey
Self
Edith Irving
Self
David Walsh
Self
Paul Stewart
Self
Richard Wilson
Self
Joseph Cotten
Self
Howard Hughes
Self (archive footage)
Richard Drewett
Self
Alexander Welles
Self
Gary Graver
Self
Andrés Vicente Gómez
Self
Julio Palinkas
Self
Christian Odasso
Self
Françoise Widhoff
Self
Peter Bogdanovich
Self
William Alland
Self
Mark Forgy
Self
Nina van Pallandt
Self
Crew
Orson Welles
Director, Writer, Editor
Gary Graver
Co-Director, Additional Photography
Oja Kodar
Co-Director, Co-Writer
François Reichenbach
Co-Director, Director of Photography, Executive Producer
Marie-Sophie Dubus
Editor
Dominique Engerer
Editor
Dominique Antoine
Producer
Richard Drewett
Associate Producer
Paul Bertault
Sound Mixer
Michel Legrand
Original Music Composer
Christian Odasso
Additional Photography
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