Fade to Black

Mar 9, 2006

1h 45m

★ 4.1

Sex. Corruption. Murder. Get the picture?

Overview

Still reeling from the painful breakup of his marriage to screen siren Rita Hayworth, filmmaker Orson Welles makes his way to Rome, where he gets pulled into a tangled political plot involving murder and mysterious motives. A beautiful actress proves a tempting distraction. But if they want to stay alive, Welles and his young Italian driver need to stay focused.

Genres

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

Production Companies

Dakota Films

Ealing Studios

Endgame Entertainment

Fade to Black Trailers

Cast

Orson Welles

Danny Huston

Tommaso Moreno

Diego Luna

Lea Padovani

Paz Vega

Brewster

Christopher Walken

Aida Padovani

Anna Galiena

Stella

Violante Placido

Viola

Nathaniel Parker

Customs Agent

Zoran Miljković

Pale Journalist

Milan Jelić

Journalist 1

Dubravko Jovanović

Journalist 2

Vladimir Aleksić

Grisha

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