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.
F for Fake
September 1, 1973
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Cast (22)
Orson Welles
Self
Oja Kodar
The Girl
Elmyr de Hory
Self
Clifford Irving
Self
Laurence Harvey
Self
Edith Irving
Self
David Walsh
Self
Paul Stewart
Self
Richard Wilson
Self
Joseph Cotten
Self
Howard Hughes
Self (archive footage)
Richard Drewett
Self
Alexander Welles
Self
Gary Graver
Self
Andrés Vicente Gómez
Self
Julio Palinkas
Self
Christian Odasso
Self
Françoise Widhoff
Self
Peter Bogdanovich
Self
William Alland
Self
Mark Forgy
Self
Nina van Pallandt
Self
Crew (17)
Directing
Orson Welles
Director
Oja Kodar
Co-Director
Gary Graver
Co-Director
François Reichenbach
Co-Director
Writing
Orson Welles
Writer
Oja Kodar
Co-Writer
Production
François Reichenbach
Executive Producer
Dominique Antoine
Producer
Richard Drewett
Associate Producer
Sound
Michel Legrand
Original Music Composer
Paul Bertault
Sound Mixer
Art
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Gary Graver
Additional Photography
François Reichenbach
Director of Photography
Christian Odasso
Additional Photography