🎬 Documentary

F for Fake

"A magician is just an actor playing the part of a magician."

⭐ 7.4/10 1973 1h 29m Dir. Orson Welles

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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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7.4/10 364 votes

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Year
1973
Runtime
1h 29m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.4/10
Votes
364
Genre
Documentary
Director
Language
FR

Cast

🎭 Documentary 🎬 Orson Welles 👤 Orson Welles 👤 Oja Kodar 👤 Elmyr de Hory
artist manipulation illusion deception ibiza essay film forgery forger trickery

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Questions about F for Fake

F for Fake has a runtime of 1h 29m (1 hour and 29 minutes).
F for Fake was directed by Orson Welles and released in 1973.
F for Fake is a Documentary film (1973).
The cast of F for Fake includes Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Elmyr de Hory, Clifford Irving, Laurence Harvey.
F for Fake has a TMDB rating of 7.4/10 based on 364 votes.

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