F for Fake
F for Fake

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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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

artistmanipulationillusiondeceptionibizaessay filmforgeryforgertrickery

Production House

SACI
Les Films de l'Astrophore
Janus Film und Fernsehen

Audience Score

74%

362 votes

Skip8%
Timepass19%
Go for it39%
Perfection34%

Where to watch

Region: US

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Cast

Orson Welles

Orson Welles

Self

Oja Kodar

The Girl

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

Alexander Welles

Self

Gary Graver

Gary Graver

Self

Andrés Vicente Gómez

Andrés Vicente Gómez

Self

Julio Palinkas

Self

Christian Odasso

Self

Françoise Widhoff

Françoise Widhoff

Self

// crew

Crew

Orson Welles

Orson Welles

Director, Writer, Editor

Dominique Antoine

Producer

Marie-Sophie Dubus

Editor

Dominique Engerer

Editor

Michel Legrand

Michel Legrand

Original Music Composer

François Reichenbach

François Reichenbach

Director of Photography, Executive Producer

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