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

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(58 votes)

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.

Country:

United Kingdom,

United States of America

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

91 minutes

Year:

1999

Director:

Errol Morris

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Company:

Independent Film Channel,

Fourth Floor Pictures,

Scout Productions,

Channel 4 Television

Cast:
Fred A. Leuchter Jr.

Self

Robert Jan van Pelt

Self

David Irving

Self

Caroline Leuchter

Self (voice)

James Roth

Self

Crew:
Errol Morris

Director

Dorothy Aufiero

Producer

David Schisgall

Associate Producer

Jonathan Sehring

Executive Producer

David Collins

Producer