F for Fake (1973)
Synopsis
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
Runtime: 89 minutes
Director: Orson Welles
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- Orson Welles as Self
- Oja Kodar as The Girl
- Elmyr de Hory as Self
- Clifford Irving as Self
- Laurence Harvey as Self
- Edith Irving as Self
- David Walsh as Self
- Paul Stewart as Self
- Richard Wilson as Self
- Joseph Cotten as Self
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