Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.

12/29/1999

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1hr 31min

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Documentary

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Fred A. Leuchter Jr.
  • Robert Jan van Pelt
  • David Irving
  • Caroline Leuchter
  • James Roth

    Director

  • Errol Morris

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Independent Film Channel
  • Fourth Floor Pictures
  • Scout Productions
  • Channel 4 Television

    Production Countries

  • United Kingdom
  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

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