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Basic Info
First Air: October 07, 1955
Rating: ⭐ 6.9/10 (7 votes)
Seasons & Episodes
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 7
Last Episode
Name: France: The Tragedy of Lurs
Season: 1, Episode: 7
Air Date: 2003-04-12
Runtime: 26 min
The Dominici affair is a criminal case that occurred in France in the mid-20th century, which gave rise to detailed counter-investigations, emblematic of investigative journalism. On the night of August 4 to 5, 1952, three Englishmen, Sir Jack Drummond, a 61-year-old scientist, his wife Anne Wilbraham, 45, and their 10-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, were murdered near their car near La Grand. 'Terre, the farm of the Dominici family, in the town of Lurs in the Basses-Alpes (current Alpes-de-Haute-Provence). Patriarch Gaston Dominici was accused of the triple murder and sentenced to death in 1954. In 1957, President René Coty commuted the death sentence and on July 14, 1960, General de Gaulle pardoned and released Gaston Dominici. The affair was followed by numerous journalists, both French and foreign. The episode was ultimately unfinished, but French filmmaker Christophe Cognet recovered his materials and reconstructed the documentary for TV5 broadcast in 2003.
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Around the World with Orson Welles "L'affaire Dominici"

Around the World with Orson Welles

1955 ⭐ 6.9/10 7 votes
Overview

Around the World with Orson Welles is a British miniseries, consisting of six 26-minute travelogues hosted by Welles. Produced by Louis Dolivet for then-new network ITV and dedicated to Welles and following his 'Sketch Book'. The first filmed episode is the one dedicated to Vienna. Two episodes are devoted to the Basque Country, another to bullfighting, then to a district of Paris, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, and finally, the last to retirees from Chelsea (London). The one dedicated to the Domenici Affair was left unfinished, but could have been the first documentary dedicated to the affair, which hit the headlines in France in 1952.

Genres
Documentary
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  • English en
  • French fr

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Cast
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
Host: Orson Welles
Crew
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
Director
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
Writer
Louis Dolivet
Producer
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