F for Fake (1973)

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

Self
Orson Welles
The Girl
Oja Kodar
Self (archive footage)
Howard Hughes
Self
R Richard Drewett
Self
A Alexander Welles
Self
Gary Graver
Self
Andrés Vicente Gómez
Self
J Julio Palinkas
Self
C Christian Odasso
Self
Françoise Widhoff
Self
Peter Bogdanovich
Self
W William Alland
Self
Elmyr de Hory
Self
M Mark Forgy
Self
Nina van Pallandt
Self
Clifford Irving
Self
Laurence Harvey
Self
E Edith Irving
Self
D David Walsh
Self
Paul Stewart
Self
R Richard Wilson
Self
Joseph Cotten

Crew

Director
Orson Welles
Writer
Orson Welles
Editor
M Marie-Sophie Dubus
Editor
D Dominique Engerer
Director of Photography
François Reichenbach
Additional Photography
Gary Graver
Additional Photography
C Christian Odasso
Original Music Composer
Michel Legrand
Executive Producer
François Reichenbach
Co-Director
Gary Graver
Co-Director
Oja Kodar
Co-Director
François Reichenbach
Co-Writer
Oja Kodar
Editor
Orson Welles
Producer
D Dominique Antoine
Associate Producer
R Richard Drewett
Sound Mixer
P Paul Bertault