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

1999

1h 31m

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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.

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Caroline Leuchter
Self (voice)
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David Collins
Re-enactment cast
Daniel Polsby
Re-enactment cast
Jeff Brown
Re-enactment cast
Robert Duerr
Re-enactment cast
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Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Errol Morris
Self - Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)

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Release date

December 29, 1999 (United States)

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Language

English

Production companies

Independent Film Channel
Fourth Floor Pictures

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$0

Gross worldwide

$507,941

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