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

1999

91 min

7.0

Ends at

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.

Budget

$0

Genre

Documentary

Director

Errol Morris

Country

United Kingdom

Cast & Crew

Fred A. Leuchter Jr.

Robert Jan van Pelt

David Irving

Caroline Leuchter

James Roth

Shelly Shapiro

Suzanne Tabasky

Ernst Zündel

David Collins

Daniel Polsby

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

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.

  • Fred A. Leuchter Jr.

  • Robert Jan van Pelt

  • David Irving

  • Caroline Leuchter

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