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F for Fake (1973)

ALL 09/01/1973 (fr) Documentary 89 Min
  • Release
    09/01/1973
  • Production
    SACI, Les Films de l'Astrophore, Janus Film und Fernsehen
  • Rotten tomato
    74.2%
  • Original title
    Vérités et Mensonges
  • Original language
    fr
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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A magician is just an actor playing the part of a magician.

Overview

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.

  1. Orson Welles

    Director

  2. Story



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F for Fake (1973) 89 Min

ALL 09/01/1973 (fr)
Documentary
  • Release 09/01/1973
  • Production
    SACI, Les Films de l'Astrophore, Janus Film und Fernsehen
  • Original title Vérités et Mensonges
  • fr
  • Revenue0.00

A magician is just an actor playing the part of a magician.

Overview

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.

  1. Orson Welles

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Marie-Sophie Dubus, Dominique Engerer, Orson Welles

    Editor

  4. Dominique Antoine

    Producer



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