F for Fake (1973)
A magician is just an actor playing the part of a magician.
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.
Rated
PG
Year
1973
Country
FR
Language
French
Release date
1 September 1973
TMDB
7.4 (377)
CineVerse
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Ratings
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Orson Welles
Self
Oja Kodar
The Girl
E
Elmyr de Hory
Self
Clifford Irving
Self
Laurence Harvey
Self
E
Edith Irving
Self
D
David Walsh
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Paul Stewart
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R
Richard Wilson
Self
Joseph Cotten
Self
Howard Hughes
Self (archive footage)
R
Richard Drewett
Self
A
Alexander Welles
Self
Gary Graver
Self
Andrés Vicente Gómez
Self
J
Julio Palinkas
Self
C
Christian Odasso
Self
Françoise Widhoff
Self
Peter Bogdanovich
Self
William Alland
Self
M
Mark Forgy
Self
Nina van Pallandt
Self
François Reichenbach
Self
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