A mesmerizing, thought-provoking yet surprisingly amusing documentary on the life and times of Wolfgang Beltracchi, who tricked the art world for nearly 40 years by forging and selling paintings of 20 - century masters. A larger-than-life personality who was responsible for the biggest art forgery scandal of the post-war era.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 30 min.
- Country, year
- Germany, 2013
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- German
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Arne Birkenstock
- Screenplay
- Arne Birkenstock
- Cinematography
- Marcus Winterbauer
- Music
- Dohmen Dürbeck
- Cast
- Wolfgang Beltracchi, Helene Beltracchi, Henrik Hanstein, James Roundell
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- Best Documentary.
Director
Arne Birkenstock
Arne Birkenstock was born in Huettental, Germany in 1967. Studied economics, politics, history and Romance philology in Cologne, Buenos Aires and Córdoba. He published several studies and non-fiction books on Latin American music and on arts and media policy including a very popular volume on the tango. He is a director, screenwriter and producer of several documentary films – starting his career with TV documentaries, the dance was the subject of his first feature documentary, 12 Tangos – Adios Buenos Aires (2005), which was followed by the German Film Award-winning Chandani and Her Elephant (2010) and Sounds of Heimat – Germany Sings (2012).
