F for Fake (1973)
F for Fake (1973)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Orson Welles
Self - Narrator
Oja Kodar
Self - The Girl
François Reichenbach
Self - Special Participant
Elmyr de Hory
Self
Clifford Irving
Self
Laurence Harvey
Self
Edith Irving
Self
David Walsh
Self
Richard Wilson
Self
Joseph Cotten
Self
Paul Stewart
Self - Special Participant
Howard Hughes
Self (archive footage)
Richard Wilson
Self - Special Participant
Richard Drewett
Self / Associate Producer
Alexander Welles
Self
Gary Graver
Self / Additional Photography / Co-Director
Michel Legrand
Composer
Andrés Vicente Gómez
Self
Julio Palinkas
Self
Marie-Sophie Dubus
Editor
Christian Odasso
Self / Additional Photography
Dominique Engerer
Editor
Françoise Widhoff
Self
Peter Bogdanovich
Self
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 1, 1973
Original NameVérités et Mensonges
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 29m
Filming LocationsGermany · Paris, France
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Wiki.
F for Fake (French: Vérités et mensonges, "Truths and lies"; Spanish: Fraude, "Fraud") is a 1973 docudrama film co-written, directed by, and starring Orson Welles who worked on the film alongside François Reichenbach, Oja Kodar, and Gary Graver. Initially released in 1974, it focuses on Elmyr de Hory's recounting of his career as a professional art forger; de Hory's story serves as the backdrop for a meandering investigation of the natures of authorship and authenticity, as well as the basis of the value of art. Far from serving as a traditional documentary on de Hory, the film also incorporates Welles's companion Oja Kodar, hoax biographer Clifford Irving and Orson Welles as himself. F for Fake is sometimes considered an example of a film essay.
In addition to the 88-minute film, in 1976, Welles also shot and edited a self-contained nine-minute short film as a "trailer", almost entirely composed of original material not found in the main film itself.