Boris Skossyreff, the scammer who became a king [OmeU, KF: Katalanische Fassung ], AD 2024, R: Cebrián mit Manel Piñero, Irina Robles, Jordi Montenegro, 95 Min

anschließend Q&A mit dem Regisseur und Wein & andorrian fingerfood, Eine Veranstaltung der Embassy of Andorra

The documentary uncovers the incredible story of an extraordinary European personality, highly charismatic and adventurer, born in 1896 in the Russia of old. His biography is one of the XXth Century´s most fascinating. Boris Skossyreff was a member of Russian nobility, a British spy, "helper" to the Queen of Holland, a Nazi collaborator, a conman and professional fraudster, a gigolo and organizer of wild parties, a visionary, an International media personality, multilingual, incarcerated in the main European prisons and, even, King of Andorra in the year 1934. He never went unnoticed and was involved in the XXth Century´s main conflicts, from which he always managed to escape alive: the Russian revolution, both World Wars, the Spanish Civil War and the Cold War. Wherever he went he caused great expectation and admiration, stories of love as well as suffering, all the while leaving a long trail of criminal history across half of Europe, by using a multitude of false identities.

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JORGE CEBRIÁN // Director, screenwriter, producer, producer and investigator With a long-established background in historical investigation, both in terms of audiovisual documentary making as well as written, Jorge Cebrián has a prolific recognized trajectory. He has written and directed award winning documentaries such as: “Capital Punishment” (Pirene and Tristaina awards for journalism); “Fighting for Life. Andorra and the Second World War” (Pirene award); “The Secrets of Sonplosa” (Pirene award) or “A whole life watching over Andorra” (Pirene award). In his trajectory he has also directed documentaries like “Stories of a Constitution” or “10 years of constitution in Andorra” and, as a screenwriter in the same genre, with his work on: “Pujol-Catalunya. The war council”, documentary aired on “Sense Ficció” on TV3. In addition, in his extensive experience as a director of historical research, we can find audiovisual pieces for the Barcelona City Council or Andorran Public Television, among others. He is also co-author of various books; among which: “Memorial Book for the merit of Mauthausen Concentration Camp and its Subcamps” (for the Austrian Interior Ministry), “Andorrans in Nazi concentration camps” (for the Andorran Government) and press articles for newspapers such as “La Vanguardia” and the “Diari d'Andorra”.