F for Fake [43003] Released: 1973-09-01 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 89 mins Popularity: 1.7989 Vote Average: 7.4 Vote Count: 336 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. Cast [22] Orson WellesSelf Oja KodarThe Girl Elmyr de HorySelf Clifford IrvingSelf Laurence HarveySelf Edith IrvingSelf David WalshSelf Paul StewartSelf Richard WilsonSelf Joseph CottenSelf Howard HughesSelf Richard DrewettSelf Alexander WellesSelf Gary GraverSelf Andrés Vicente GómezSelf Julio PalinkasSelf Christian OdassoSelf Françoise WidhoffSelf Peter BogdanovichSelf William AllandSelf Mark ForgySelf Nina van PallandtSelf Trailers F For Fake ≣ 1973 ≣ Trailer Peter Bogdanovich on F for Fake