F for Fake
A magician is just an actor playing the part of a magician.
Vérités et Mensonges (1973)
Timing:
1:29 (89 min)
7.4/10
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Production
Genre
Documentary
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Director
Actors
Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Elmyr de Hory, Clifford Irving, Laurence Harvey, Edith Irving, David Walsh, Paul Stewart, Richard Wilson, Joseph Cotten
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Dominique Antoine, François Reichenbach
Operator
Composer
Artist
Audition
Editing
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- Orson Welles (1915-1985) shot a 9-minute trailer for the film, which included several shots of Oya Kodar topless. American distributors refused to show the trailer.
- At the beginning of the film, Orson Welles states that “everything the audience will see over the next hour is true.” The film lasts 1 hour and 29 minutes, and everything shown in the final 29 minutes is, without exception, untrue.
- At the beginning of the film, Orson Welles states that “everything the audience will see over the next hour is true.” The film lasts 1 hour and 29 minutes, and everything shown in the last 29 minutes is, without exception, false.
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