The Truth about Black Dahlia (2007)
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.
Directors: Thibaut Chatel, Laurence Chanut, dalila bellil.
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Elizabeth Short as Self (archive footage) |
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George Hodel as Self (archive footage) |
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Steve Hodel as self |
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Tamar Hodel as self |
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Man Ray as archive footage |
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Paul Teetor as self |
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Stephen Kay as self |
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jeanne french as archive footage |
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Bill Stoner as self |
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Geneva Hilliker Ellroy as archive footage |
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James Ellroy as archive footage |
| Directing | Thibaut Chatel | Director |
| Writing | Claire Benoit | Writer |
| Writing | Guillaume Galliot | Writer |
| Editing | Jacob Garet | Editor |
| Art | Pauline Dauvin | Production Design |
| Directing | Laurence Chanut | Director |
| Directing | dalila bellil | Director |