Around the World with Orson Welles - Season 1 Episode 7 France: The Tragedy of Lurs
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.
Year: 1955
Genre: Documentary
Country:
Studio: ITV1
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles
Crew: Orson Welles (Director), Orson Welles (Writer), Louis Dolivet (Producer)
First Air Date: Oct 07, 1955
Last Air date: Dec 16, 1955
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 7 Episode
Runtime: 26 minutes
IMDb: 6.90/10 by 7.00 users
Popularity: 1.137
Language: English, French
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