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F for Fake

F for Fake

1973 · Documentary · movie8.714 ratings

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.

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cast

Orson Welles

Orson Welles

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Oja Kodar

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Elmyr de Hory

Self

Clifford Irving

Clifford Irving

Self

Laurence Harvey

Laurence Harvey

Self

Edith Irving

Self

David Walsh

Self

Paul Stewart

Paul Stewart

Self

Richard Wilson

Self

Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

Self

Howard Hughes

Howard Hughes

Self (archive footage)

Richard Drewett

Self

director

Orson Welles, François Reichenbach

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genres

Documentary

original title

Vérités et Mensonges