F for Fake
F for Fake

F for Fake

September 01, 1973 | 89 min

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.

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Naomi Scott

Oja Kodar

Naomi Scott

Elmyr de Hory

Naomi Scott

Laurence Harvey

Naomi Scott

Edith Irving

Naomi Scott

David Walsh

Naomi Scott

Paul Stewart

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