Released:
1973-09-01

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.

Director:
Orson Welles

Runtime:
1h 29min

Genre:
Documentary

• Cast:
• 
  Orson Welles
  as
  Self
• 
  Oja Kodar
  as
  The Girl
• 
  Elmyr de Hory
  as
  Self
• 
  Clifford Irving
  as
  Self
• 
  Laurence Harvey
  as
  Self