F for Fake

F for Fake

89 mins | Documentary | Sept. 1, 1973

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.

F for Fake

89 mins | Documentary | Sept. 1, 1973

F for Fake
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.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Janus Film und Fernsehen, Les Films de l'Astrophore, SACI
Original title Vérités et Mensonges
Directors François Reichenbach, Oja Kodar, Gary Graver, Orson Welles
Writers Oja Kodar, Orson Welles

Cast

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

Howard Hughes

as Self (archive footage)

Richard Drewett

as Self

Gary Graver

as Self

Julio Palinkas

as Self

William Alland

as Self

Mark Forgy

as Self