Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
1999 | 91m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Errol Morris |
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| Writer: | |
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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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 29, 1999 |
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| Director: | Errol Morris |
| Writer: | |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | neo-nazism, prison, gallows, coffee, auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp, gas chamber, execution, hanging, denial, revisionist, holocaust (shoah) denial |
| Production Companies | Scout Productions, Independent Film Channel, Channel 4 Television, Fourth Floor Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $507,941
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 15, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Fred A. Leuchter Jr. | Self |
| Robert Jan van Pelt | Self |
| David Irving | Self |
| Caroline Leuchter | Self (voice) |
| James Roth | Self |
| Shelly Shapiro | Self |
| Suzanne Tabasky | Self |
| Ernst Zündel | Self |
| David Collins | Re-enactment cast |
| Daniel Polsby | Re-enactment cast |
| Jeff Brown | Re-enactment cast |
| Robert Duerr | Re-enactment cast |
| Adolf Hitler | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Errol Morris | Self - Interviewer (voice) (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Errol Morris | Director |
| Caleb Sampson | Music |
| Peter Donahue | Cinematography |
| Karen Schmeer | Editor |
| Artur Bartos | Props |
| Agnieszka Nejman | Assistant Production Manager |
| Robert Richardson | Additional Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Dorothy Aufiero | Producer |
| Kathy Trustman | Producer |
| Kathy Trustman | Producer |
| Caroline Kaplan | Executive Producer |
| David Schisgall | Associate Producer |
| David Collins | Producer |
| Errol Morris | Producer |
| Jonathan Sehring | Executive Producer |
| John Sloss | Executive Producer |
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