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

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

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

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6.9/10

(63)

12/29/1999

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1h 31min

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

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Synopsis

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.

Direction: Errol Morris

Producer: Dorothy Aufiero, Errol Morris, David Collins, Kathy Trustman, Kathy Trustman

Cast

Fred A. Leuchter Jr.

Fred A. Leuchter Jr.

Self

Robert Jan van Pelt

Robert Jan van Pelt

Self

David Irving

David Irving

Self

Shelly Shapiro

Shelly Shapiro

Self

David Collins

David Collins

Re-enactment cast