Overview
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.
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Orson Welles
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Oja Kodar
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Elmyr de Hory
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Clifford Irving
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Laurence Harvey
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Edith Irving
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David Walsh
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Paul Stewart
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Movie Info
Release Date
September 1, 1973
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
PG
Genres
Documentary
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