F for Fake
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Directed by Orson Welles, François Reichenbach
A magician is just an actor playing the part of a magician.
The story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Orson WellesSelf
Oja KodarThe Girl
Clifford IrvingSelf
Laurence HarveySelf
Paul StewartSelf
Joseph CottenSelf
Howard HughesSelf (archive footage)Explore the crew
- Director
- Orson Welles
- Producer
- Dominique Antoine
- Writer
- Orson Welles
- Editor
- Marie-Sophie Dubus
- Editor
- Dominique Engerer
- Original Music Composer
- Michel Legrand
- Director of Photography
- François Reichenbach
- Editor
- Orson Welles
- Writer
- François Reichenbach
- Director
- François Reichenbach