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.
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F for Fake
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Sep 1, 1973
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Documentary
User Score
74%
Original Title
Vérités et Mensonges
Production Companies
SACI, Les Films de l'Astrophore, Janus Film und Fernsehen
Director
Orson Welles
Description
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.
