
F for Fake
Documentary
Lenguage:89 min
Duration:fr
Release date:Sep 1, 1973
Calificacion:7.4
Description:
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.
Cast

Oja KodarThe Girl

Elmyr de HorySelf

Laurence HarveySelf
Edith IrvingSelf
David WalshSelf

Paul StewartSelf
Richard WilsonSelf

Joseph CottenSelf
Julio PalinkasSelf

Françoise WidhoffSelf