FILM

F for Fake (1973)

Name: F for Fake
Director: Orson Welles
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1973-09-01
Cast: Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Elmyr de Hory, Clifford Irving, Laurence Harvey

Film · 1973 · 89 min · PG · Documentary

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

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.

Directed by Orson Welles

Starring Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Elmyr de Hory, Clifford Irving, Laurence Harvey, Edith Irving, David Walsh, Paul Stewart

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Release dates in the United States

In cinemas	7 January 1977
Digital release	Not listed
Physical release	Not listed
First release anywhere	1 September 1973

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