F for Fake

Nouvelle Vague meets carnival barker. A famed art forger and the man who wrote a fake Howard Hughes biography are profiled. Welles's playful essay considers trickery and truth, with the director himself as the ringmaster.

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Orson Welles directed F for Fake in 1973. See Orson Welles's full filmography, where to start with Orson Welles, or where to go after you've seen everything by Orson Welles.

F for Fake was released in 1973 (FR original-language production), with a runtime of 89 minutes.