The Truth about Black Dahlia 2007
Directed by Thibaut Chatel, Laurence Chanut, dalila bellil
- Documentary, Crime
- 52 min
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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- Elizabeth ShortSelf (archive footage)
- George HodelSelf (archive footage)
- Steve Hodelself
- Tamar Hodelself
- Man Rayarchive footage
- Paul Teetorself
- Stephen Kayself
- jeanne frencharchive footage
- Bill Stonerself
- Geneva Hilliker Ellroyarchive footage
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- Thibaut ChatelDirector
- Laurence ChanutDirector
- dalila bellilDirector
- Claire BenoitWriter
- Guillaume GalliotWriter
- Jacob GaretEditor
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