7.8
Genre
Documentary, Crime, Art, Books & literature, Old movies
Synopsis
Orson Welles' final film 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
Orson Welles
The Girl
Oja Kodar
Himself
Elmyr de Hory
Special Participant
Joseph Cotten
Himself
Clifford Irving
Special Participant
Francois Reichenbach
Special Participant
Richard Wilson
Himself
Laurence Harvey
Special Participant
Paul Stewart
Special Participant (as Sasa Devcic)
Alexander Welles
Herself
Edith Irving
Special Participant
Gary Graver
Himself
David Walsh
Special Participant (as Andres Vincente Gomez)
Andrés Vicente Gómez
Special Participant
Christian Odasso
Himself
Richard Drewitt
Himself
Julio Palinkas
Herself
Françoise Widhoff
Special Participant
Peter Bogdanovich
Special Participant
William Alland
Himself
Mark Forgy
Herself
Nina van Pallandt
Himself (Archive Footage)
Howard Hughes
