Documentary ·Crime · France · 2007 · 52m

The Truth about Black Dahlia

La Verite sur le Dahlia noir

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Director
Thibaut ChatelLaurence Chanutdalila bellil
Cast
Elizabeth Short as Self (archive footage) George Hodel as Self (archive footage) Steve Hodel as self Tamar Hodel as self Man Ray as archive footage Paul Teetor as self
Crew
Jacob Garet — Editor Claire Benoit — Writer Guillaume Galliot — Writer Pauline Dauvin — Production Design
Synopsis

The unexplained deaths of Elizabeth Short, a.k.a "The Black Dahlia", in 1947 and of Geneva Hilliker Ellroy in 1958, had a profound impact on the psyche of James Ellroy, today's greatest crime writer. Steve Hodel, a retired LAPD cop, reveals everything about Georges Hodel, his own father as well as the perpetratror of those two unsolved murders, the most notorious ones in 20th century America. Steve Hodel retraces this amazing investigation in which genius and horror, Hollywood and the Marquis de Sade, incest and surgery, are blended into the grimmest of scenarios.

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Mood & Themes
true crimeold hollywoodmysterycrime
Key Collaborators
Thibaut Chatel Director Laurence Chanut Director dalila bellil Director Jacob Garet Editor Claire Benoit Writer Guillaume Galliot Writer Pauline Dauvin Production Design
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