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

6.9
29 December 1999 · Documentary · 91 mins

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.
    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
  • Adolf Hitler
    Adolf Hitler
    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Errol Morris
    Errol Morris
    Self - Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)

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