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

Documentary

6.9

Release Date

December 29, 1999

Duration

91 min

Status

Released

Language

en

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.

Casts

Fred A. Leuchter Jr.

Self

Fred A. Leuchter Jr.

Robert Jan van Pelt

Self

Robert Jan van Pelt

David Irving

Self

David Irving

Caroline Leuchter

Self (voice)

Caroline Leuchter

James Roth

Self

James Roth

Shelly Shapiro

Self

Shelly Shapiro

Suzanne Tabasky

Self

Suzanne Tabasky

Ernst Zündel

Self

Ernst Zündel

David Collins

Re-enactment cast

David Collins

Daniel Polsby

Re-enactment cast

Daniel Polsby

Jeff Brown

Re-enactment cast

Jeff Brown

Robert Duerr

Re-enactment cast

Robert Duerr

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler

Errol Morris

Self - Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)

Errol Morris

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