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The Truth about Black Dahlia 2007 Directed by Thibaut Chatel La Verite sur le Dahlia noir

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.

Country France
Production Country France
Language French
Gneres Crime , Documentary
Production Company Label Image
Release Date 13 June 2007
52 mins
Cast
Elizabeth Short Self(archive footage)