F for Fake (1973) [PG]

Release Date:
September 1, 1973

Original Title:
Vérités et Mensonges

Alternate Titles:
? – About Fakes
B som i bluff
Con F de falso
F de Fraude
F de falso
F for Fake - Verità e menzogna
F for fup
F jak fałszerstwo
F wie Fälschung
Fraude
Truths and Lies
Verdades e Mentiras
Η Αλήθεια και το Ψέμα
Фальшивка
オーソン・ウェルズのフェイク
거짓의 F

Genres:
Documentary

Production Companies:
Janus Film und Fernsehen
Les Films de l'Astrophore
SACI

Production Countries:
France | Germany | Iran

Ratings / Certifications:
FI: K-12  US: PG 

Runtime: 89

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.

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British Film Institute (BFI)

2014
#15
Critics' Top 10 Poll
Greatest Documentaries of All Time

Additional Photography:
Christian Odasso
Gary Graver

Associate Producer:
Richard Drewett

Co-Director:
Gary Graver
Oja Kodar
François Reichenbach

Co-Writer:
Oja Kodar

Director:
Orson Welles

Director of Photography:
François Reichenbach

Editor:
Marie-Sophie Dubus
Dominique Engerer
Orson Welles

Executive Producer:
François Reichenbach

Original Music Composer:
Michel Legrand

Producer:
Dominique Antoine

Sound Mixer:
Paul Bertault

Writer:
Orson Welles

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