Film

HPW ou Anatomie d'un faussaire

1971 · 1h 24m · Comedy

Hugo-Paul de Weydroos, forger who manages to mystify the most renowned experts, is an attractive man, not without talent but paranoid and megalomaniac. He lived a childhood in the Paris of the 1920s, upset by his love of drawing and painting thwarted by an abusive mother. Delivered to his own fantasies, the hero indulges in the most disordered introspection and will end up consuming himself to become the reincarnation of the one he is trying to copy: Hans Pauli Weyergans, painter of the 18th century.

Vania Vilers

Hugo-Paul de Weydroos

Jean-Baptiste Chardin

Hans Pauli Weyergans

Catherine Jacobsen

Lorraine

Nita Klein

Cécile

Éric Baugin

Child

Jacqueline Dane

Mother

Marc Fayolle

Lawyer

Robert Bazil

Investigating judge

Raoul Saint-Yves

Policeman

Jean Martin

Bjorn

Jean-Marie Proslier

Croisset

• Alain BoudetDirector

Release date

July 27, 1971

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 24m

Genres

Comedy