The Truth about Black Dahlia
2007, French. Directed by Thibaut Chatel & Laurence Chanut & dalila bellil.
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.
- Runtime
- 0h 52m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- French
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Cast & crew
- Thibaut ChatelDirector
- Laurence ChanutDirector
- dalila bellilDirector
- 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
- James Ellroyarchive footage
Details
- Released
- 13 June 2007
- Original title
- La Verite sur le Dahlia noir
- Country
- France
- Written by
- Claire Benoit, Guillaume Galliot
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The Truth about Black Dahlia isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 13 June 2007. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Truth about Black Dahlia?
The Truth about Black Dahlia (2007) was directed by Thibaut Chatel and Laurence Chanut and dalila bellil and stars Elizabeth Short, George Hodel, Steve Hodel.