THE HENRIETTE CAILLAUX CASE

Cases that judged men and reflected an era

An episode from the series HISTORY'S GREATEST TRIALS

Synopsis

On March 16, 1914, Henriette Caillaux walked into the offices of Le Figaro daily and shot its editor-in-chief, Gaston Calmette, several times.

Behind this senseless act lay a ruthless political war between nationalists and pacifists, just months before a world war that her husband, Joseph Caillaux, might perhaps have been able to prevent.