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

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

1999 en 91 minutes

Rating: 6.9

Plot

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.

Trailer

Cast

Fred A. Leuchter Jr.

Fred A. Leuchter Jr.

Self

Robert Jan van Pelt

Robert Jan van Pelt

Self

David Irving

David Irving

Self

Caroline Leuchter

Caroline Leuchter

Self (voice)

James Roth

James Roth

Self

Shelly Shapiro

Shelly Shapiro

Self

Suzanne Tabasky

Suzanne Tabasky

Self

Ernst Zündel

Ernst Zündel

Self

David Collins

David Collins

Re-enactment cast

Daniel Polsby

Daniel Polsby

Re-enactment cast

Jeff Brown

Jeff Brown

Re-enactment cast

Robert Duerr

Robert Duerr

Re-enactment cast

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Errol Morris

Errol Morris

Self - Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)

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