F for FakeMovie
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.
About F for Fake
F for Fake is a 1973 documentary movie directed by Orson Welles, François Reichenbach.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 29m, production credits from France, Germany, Iran, an original language code of FR.
The credited cast includes Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Elmyr de Hory, Clifford Irving. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
