Cinematic background from 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.

F for Fake

1973

Documentary

Directors:
François Reichenbach, Orson Welles, Gary Graver, Oja Kodar
Writers:
Orson Welles, Oja Kodar
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Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A man with a beard wearing a black hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A view of a city street at night with neon lights; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – An older man wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A person is holding a key in their hand; Extreme Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – An image of an ufo flying near the washington monument; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A man with a beard and a black hat is looking into a mirror; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – An old man looking through a window at the camera; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A man wearing an apron and holding a plate in his hand; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A man with a gray beard wearing a black hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – Picture of a woman's face with eye lashes; Extreme Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A man with a beard wearing a black hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A man with a beard and a black shirt is in front of stacks of film canisters; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – Cars driving down a street at dusk in a city; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – An image of an unidentified flying object flying over a body of water; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A man sitting at a table in front of stacks of film canisters; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A black and white photo of three flying saucers; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – An old man looking through a window with his eyes wide open; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A person sitting on a bench in a park; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A man with a beard and a hat sitting on the ground; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A man and a woman in formal wear dancing; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – Black and white photograph of a man in a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A man in a black coat and a hat is looking at a statue; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A group of people sitting around a table with candles; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – An airplane is flying over a large city with tall buildings; Extreme Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – An old man with a bald head is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – An old black and white photo of a man in a suit and goggles; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A person in a black cape walking down a road; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A person sitting on a bench in a park; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – An image of an ufo flying over the capitol building in washington d; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A group of people sitting around a table; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A large crowd of people riding horses down a street; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A person sitting on a bench in the middle of a park; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A man with a beard wearing a black hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – An older man wearing a straw cowboy hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A man wearing a black hat standing in front of a window; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – An older man with a beard and a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A train station with a train on the tracks; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – An airplane is parked in front of a crowd of people; Extreme Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A person standing on the side of the road holding a sign; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A black and white photo of a ruined building; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A man with a beard wearing a black hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – An older man with a goatee holding a camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A group of people standing next to each other in a room; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A young boy holding up a piece of paper in front of another young boy; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – An older man with a beard and a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A young boy is holding up a pair of headphones; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – An older man sitting in front of an old radio; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A person looking out of a window of a train; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A group of cars driving down a street next to tall buildings; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – An old photo of a man with headphones on; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – An older man wearing a black hat in a field of yellow flowers; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A man with a beard and a black shirt is in front of stacks of film canisters; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A man with a hat and a beard is looking at another man with a hat and a beard; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A man and a woman are standing in a train station; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – An old man with a beard and a hat is smoking a cigar; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A large cathedral with a large green roof; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – An old man's eyes are seen through a fence; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – An old newspaper with a picture of a man and a woman on it; Extreme Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – Black and white photograph of men in hats and ties; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – An old man looking through a window at a building; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A man with a beard wearing a black hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A man with a long beard wearing a black hat; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – An old black and white photo of a man's face; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A man with a beard wearing a black hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A black and white photo of people sitting on steps in front of a building; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A drawing of a man with a long beard; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “F for Fake” (1973), directed by François Reichenbach – A person wearing a black hat and a black coat; Close Up shot, Low angle