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The Truth about Black Dahlia
7.3 / 10• 2007• 52m•NR• French
DocumentaryCrime
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Elizabeth Short
Self (archive footage)
LeadGH
George Hodel
Self (archive footage)
SH
Steve Hodel
self
TH
Tamar Hodel
self
Man Ray
archive footage
PT
Paul Teetor
self
SK
Stephen Kay
self
jf
jeanne french
archive footage
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Thibaut Chatel's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Truth about Black Dahlia is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
