F for Fake

7.4 1973 Orson Welles 1h 29m
Documentary
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 m

Cast

Orson Welles Orson Welles Self
Oja Kodar The Girl
Elmyr de Hory Elmyr de Hory Self
Clifford Irving Clifford Irving Self
Laurence Harvey Laurence Harvey Self
Edith Irving Self
David Walsh Self
Paul Stewart Paul Stewart Self

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