A magician is just an actor playing the part of a magician.
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.
Stills
15
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
Screenings in Brussels
No upcoming screenings.
