Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
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A portrait of the life and career of the infamous American execution device designer Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. Mr. Leuchter was an engineer who became an expert on execution devices and was later hired by holocaust revisionist historian Ernst Zundel to "prove" that there were no gas chambers at Auschwitz. Leuchter published a controversial report confirming Zundel's position, which ultimately ruined his own career. Most of the footage is of Leuchter, working in and around execution facilities or chipping away at the walls of Auschwitz, but Morris also interviews various historians, associates, and neighbors.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1999-12-29
Runtime: 91 mins
Director: Errol Morris
Spoken language: English
Genres: Documentary
Original title: Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
Production Companies: Independent Film Channel, Fourth Floor Pictures, Scout Productions, Channel 4 Television
Production Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Cast
Fred A. Leuchter Jr.
Robert Jan van Pelt
David Irving
Caroline Leuchter
James Roth
Shelly Shapiro
Suzanne Tabasky
Ernst Zündel
David Collins
Daniel Polsby
Jeff Brown
Robert Duerr
Adolf Hitler
Errol Morris
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