Movie·1973·1h 29m
F for Fake
A magician is just an actor playing the part of a magician.
Country
France
Language
English
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// overview
The Story
Original title: Vérités et Mensonges
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.
Producer
Dominique Antoine, François Reichenbach
Cinematography
François Reichenbach
Music
Michel Legrand
Editor
Orson Welles
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Orson Welles
Self
Oja Kodar
The Girl
Elmyr de Hory
Self
Clifford Irving
Self
Laurence Harvey
Self
Edith Irving
Self
David Walsh
Self
Paul Stewart
Self
Richard Wilson
Self
Joseph Cotten
Self
Howard Hughes
Self (archive footage)
Richard Drewett
Self
Alexander Welles
Self
Gary Graver
Self
Andrés Vicente Gómez
Self
Julio Palinkas
Self
Christian Odasso
Self
Françoise Widhoff
Self
// crew
Crew
Orson Welles
Director, Writer, Editor
Dominique Antoine
Producer
Marie-Sophie Dubus
Editor
Dominique Engerer
Editor
Michel Legrand
Original Music Composer
François Reichenbach
Director of Photography, Executive Producer
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