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

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

Documentary

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.

Date: 12/29/1999
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Fred A. Leuchter Jr., Robert Jan van Pelt, David Irving, Caroline Leuchter, James Roth, Shelly Shapiro, Suzanne Tabasky, Ernst Zündel, David Collins, Daniel Polsby, Jeff Brown, Robert Duerr, Adolf Hitler, Errol Morris

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

Robert Jan van Pelt as Self in Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. Robert Jan van Pelt

David Irving as Self in Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. David Irving

Caroline Leuchter

James Roth

Shelly Shapiro as Self in Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. Shelly Shapiro

Suzanne Tabasky

Ernst Zündel

David Collins as Re-enactment cast in Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. David Collins

Daniel Polsby

Jeff Brown

Robert Duerr

Adolf Hitler as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) in Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. Adolf Hitler

Errol Morris as Self - Interviewer (voice) (uncredited) in Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. Errol Morris

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