The Truth about Black Dahlia

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The Truth about Black Dahlia (2007)

Directed by Thibaut Chatel, Laurence Chanut, dalila bellil

Documentary, Crime · 52m

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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Cast

Elizabeth Short Self (archive footage)
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George Hodel Self (archive footage)
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Steve Hodel self
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Tamar Hodel self Man Ray archive footage
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Paul Teetor self
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Stephen Kay self
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jeanne french archive footage
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Bill Stoner self
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Geneva Hilliker Ellroy archive footage James Ellroy archive footage

Crew

Director
Thibaut Chatel, Laurence Chanut, dalila bellil
Writer
Claire Benoit, Guillaume Galliot
Editor
Jacob Garet

Details

Original title
La Verite sur le Dahlia noir
Release date
2007-06-13
Runtime
52m
Genres
Documentary, Crime
Original language
FR
Spoken languages
English, French
Countries
France
Production
Label Image