Documentary

F for Fake

- 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.

Release Date : 1973-09-01

Language :EnglishFrenchSpanish

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Status : Released

Production Company : SACILes Films de l'AstrophoreJanus Film und Fernsehen

Production Country : FranceGermanyIran

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Original Name : Orson Welles

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Original Name : Oja Kodar

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Original Name : Elmyr de Hory

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Original Name : Clifford Irving

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Original Name : Laurence Harvey

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Original Name : Edith Irving

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Original Name : David Walsh

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Original Name : Paul Stewart

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Original Name : Richard Wilson

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Original Name : Joseph Cotten

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Original Name : Howard Hughes

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Original Name : Richard Drewett

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Original Name : Alexander Welles

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Original Name : Gary Graver

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Original Name : Andrés Vicente Gómez

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Original Name : Julio Palinkas

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Original Name : Christian Odasso

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Original Name : Françoise Widhoff

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Original Name : Peter Bogdanovich

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Original Name : William Alland

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Original Name : Mark Forgy

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Original Name : Nina van Pallandt

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