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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.
September 1, 1973
SACI, Les Films de l'Astrophore
23 people
Orson Welles
Self
Directing
Oja Kodar
The Girl
Acting
Elmyr de Hory
Self
Acting
Clifford Irving
Self
Writing
Laurence Harvey
Self
Acting
Edith Irving
Self
Acting
David Walsh
Self
Acting
Paul Stewart
Self
Acting
Richard Wilson
Self
Directing
Joseph Cotten
Self
Acting
Howard Hughes
Self (archive footage)
Production
Richard Drewett
Self
Production
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