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

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

19996.91h 31m

Overview

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.

Directed by Errol Morris
Produced by Dorothy Aufiero, Errol Morris, David Collins
Box Office0Revenue: $508K

Top Cast

Fred A. Leuchter Jr.

Fred A. Leuchter Jr.

Self

Robert Jan van Pelt

Robert Jan van Pelt

Self

David Irving

David Irving

Self

C

Caroline Leuchter

Self (voice)

J

James Roth

Self

Shelly Shapiro

Shelly Shapiro

Self

S

Suzanne Tabasky

Self

E

Ernst Zündel

Self

David Collins

David Collins

Re-enactment cast

D

Daniel Polsby

Re-enactment cast

Themes & Keywords

prisonneo-nazismauschwitz-birkenau concentration campgas chambergallowscoffeeexecutionhangingdenialrevisionistholocaust (shoah) denial

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

Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. is a documentary film released in 1999 exploring themes of prison, neo-nazism, auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp, gas chamber, gallows, coffee. Directed by Errol Morris, it stars Fred A. Leuchter Jr., Robert Jan van Pelt, David Irving. 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.

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