F for Fake
A magician is just an actor playing the part of a magician.
Not Rated
Documentary
Starring: Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Elmyr de Hory, Clifford Irving, Laurence Harvey
Writer: Orson Welles, Oja Kodar
Release Date:
September 1, 1973
September 1, 1973
Ratings:
7.4 / 10
7.4 / 10
Director:
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
Companies:
SACI
SACI
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.
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