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

Dec 29, 1999

1h 31m

★ 6.9

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Independent Film Channel

Fourth Floor Pictures

Scout Productions

Channel 4 Television

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

Cast

Self

Fred A. Leuchter Jr.

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Robert Jan van Pelt

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David Irving

Self (voice)

Caroline Leuchter

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James Roth

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Shelly Shapiro

Self

Suzanne Tabasky

Self

Ernst Zündel

Re-enactment cast

David Collins

Re-enactment cast

Daniel Polsby

Re-enactment cast

Jeff Brown

Re-enactment cast

Robert Duerr

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