F for Fake

Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his name by selling forged works of art by painters like Picasso and Matisse. Irving was infamous for writing a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes. Welles moves between documentary and fiction as he examines the fundamental elements of fraud and the people who commit fraud at the expense of others.

Country:

France,

Germany,

Iran

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

89 minutes

Year:

1973

Director:

Orson Welles

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Company:

SACI,

Les Films de l'Astrophore,

Janus Film und Fernsehen

Cast:

Self

The Girl

Self

Self

Self

Crew:

Director

Writer

Editor

Editor

Director of Photography