F for Fake
1973 · directed by Orson Welles
- Rating
- 80/100
- Hit
- yes
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.
F for Fake (1973), directed by Orson Welles, rates 80/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Orson Welles
- Oja Kodar
- Elmyr de Hory
- Clifford Irving
- Laurence Harvey
- Edith Irving
- David Walsh
- Paul Stewart
- Richard Wilson
- Joseph Cotten
Crew
- François Reichenbach — Director of Photography
- Dominique Engerer — Editor
- Marie-Sophie Dubus — Editor
- Orson Welles — Editor
- Michel Legrand — Original Music Composer
- François Reichenbach — Writer
- Orson Welles — Writer
More from Orson Welles
- Citizen Kane (1941) — 100/100 · hit
- Touch of Evil (1958) — 91/100 · hit
- Chimes at Midnight (1965) — 82/100 · hit
- The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) — 81/100 · hit
- Othello (1951) — 80/100 · hit
- The Trial (1962) — 79/100
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