Just before the abolition of death sentence in France a terrible and bloody crime is committed. A young girl is found at Gare du l’Est’s left-luggage office, raped and murdered, her name was Marthe Erbelding.
Albert Soleilland was a friend of the Erbelding family who had used the pretext of concert tickets to trick the mother of Marthe to letting her go along with him.
The case comes under the spotlight when the murderers death penalty is commuted to life in prison and the media and public get involved in the debate on the death penalty.
This documentary was produced by PALLAS and directed by Patrick Schmitt et Pauline Verdu. It was first released in 2013.
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Nice summary! There is a detailed documentary about this, somewhere here on Youtube, I forget if it was in English or French, an extremely detailed one.