F for Fake
# A magician is just an actor playing the part of a magician.
📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available:
English
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French
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Spanish
📆 Date Released:
1973-09-01
⌚ Running Time:
89 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
7.4
Beloved Cast
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Orson Welles
The Girl
Oja Kodar
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Elmyr de Hory
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Clifford Irving
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Laurence Harvey
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Edith Irving
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David Walsh
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Paul Stewart
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Richard Wilson
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Joseph Cotten
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Howard Hughes
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Richard Drewett
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Alexander Welles
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Gary Graver
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Andrés Vicente Gómez
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Julio Palinkas
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Christian Odasso
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Françoise Widhoff
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Peter Bogdanovich
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William Alland
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Mark Forgy
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Nina van Pallandt
