F for Fake

Name: F for Fake
Director: Orson Welles
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1973-09-01T
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 7.412
Cast: Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Elmyr de Hory, Clifford Irving, Laurence Harvey

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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.

Actor: Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Elmyr de Hory, Clifford Irving, Laurence Harvey, Edith Irving, David Walsh, Paul Stewart, Richard Wilson, Joseph Cotten

Director: Orson Welles

Years: 1973

Country: France, Germany, Iran

Quality: HD

Production: SACI, Les Films de l'Astrophore, Janus Film und Fernsehen

F for Fake

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