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F for Fake
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1973 film by Orson Welles
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7.4Documents 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.
Released: 1973-09-0189 minDir: Orson WellesDocumentary
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
Themes
- artist
- manipulation
- illusion
- deception
- ibiza
- essay film
- forgery
- forger
- trickery
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- mockumentary
- Country of origin
- Iran
- Original language
- French
- Director
- Orson Welles
- Screenwriter
- Oja Kodar
- Cast member
- Howard Hughes
- Composer
- Michel Legrand
- Producer
- François Reichenbach
- Cinematographer
- François Reichenbach
- Filming location
- Germany
- Duration
- 89
- FilmAffinity ID
- 177171
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- F for Fake (1973 poster).jpg
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- publication date
- 1977-01-07
- title
- F for Fake
- distributed by
- HBO Max
- review score
- 87/100
- Commons category
- F for Fake
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