Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery

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Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery

2014

1h 33m

Documentary

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The life and work of Wolfgang Beltracchi, a master forger whose work fooled the international art world for 40 years.

Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

What sets "Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery" apart is how breezily compassionate it is toward a master deceiver and how damning its tone is toward a greedy art world that allowed him to flourish.

Aug 20, 2015

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Farran Smith Nehme

New York Post

[An] engaging, funny documentary ...

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 20, 2015

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John DeFore

Hollywood Reporter

A highly enjoyable look at a career spent duping the art world.

Aug 20, 2015

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James Marsh

South China Morning Post

The film is equally frightening ... in exposing just how much collectors are at the mercy of so-called experts, while raising valid questions about the true nature and value of art.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 6, 2016

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Ron Wilkinson

Monsters and Critics

Focused on art forgery, this flabbergasting story expands into a full scale expose of the modern confidence game and why, after all these years, it still works.

Rated: 9/10

Aug 27, 2015

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Nora Lee Mandel

Film-Forward.com

Calmly explain. . .fraud. . .with go-with-the-flow nonchalance. . .he's proud to have manipulated what he sees as a self-serving business where suspicion is bad for business.

Rated: 6/10

Aug 20, 2015

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the movie glamorizes a very dishonest and corrupt man and helps him to profit from his bad deeds. what is shocking is how light his punishments have been.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

Very interesting, English audio option would be convenient to free wyes from reading the caption.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Audience Member

not a well-structured documentary - frustrating actually trying to tease the chronology and relevant details out of the unfocused, too-casual interviews with he and his wife. (poor editing?). But the story is fascinating and shocking. There is some nice footage (but not enough) of him actually demonstrating his forgery techniques.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Arne Birkenstock

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Arne Birkenstock

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Arne Birkenstock

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Edward MacLiam

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Thomas Springer

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Helmut Weber

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Synopsis

The life and work of Wolfgang Beltracchi, a master forger whose work fooled the international art world for 40 years.

Director: Arne Birkenstock
Producer: Arne Birkenstock, Edward MacLiam, Thomas Springer, Helmut Weber
Screenwriter: Arne Birkenstock
Production Co: Senator Film Produktion GmbH, Tradewind Pictures, Telepool, Fruitmarket Kultur und Medien, Global Screen
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: German
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 12, 2016
Runtime: 1h 33m