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

Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 1999-12-29
  • User Rating: 7/10 from 61 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 31min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Independent Film Channel
  • Production Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
  • Director: Errol Morris
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Summary

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.

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  • Fred A. Leuchter Jr.

    as Self
  • Robert Jan van Pelt

    as Self
  • David Irving

    as Self
  • Caroline Leuchter

    as Self (voice)
  • James Roth

    as Self
  • Shelly Shapiro

    as Self
  • Suzanne Tabasky

    as Self
  • Ernst Zündel

    as Self
  • David Collins

    as Re-enactment cast
  • Daniel Polsby

    as Re-enactment cast
  • Jeff Brown

    as Re-enactment cast
  • Robert Duerr

    as Re-enactment cast
  • Adolf Hitler

    as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Errol Morris

    as Self - Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
Directing Errol Morris Director
Editing Karen Schmeer Editor
Art Artur Bartos Props
Production Agnieszka Nejman Assistant Production Manager
Camera Robert Richardson Additional Photography
Crew Peter Donahue Cinematography
Production Dorothy Aufiero Producer
Production Errol Morris Producer
Sound Caleb Sampson Music
Production David Collins Producer
Production Kathy Trustman Producer
Production Jonathan Sehring Executive Producer
Production Kathy Trustman Producer
Production Caroline Kaplan Executive Producer
Production John Sloss Executive Producer
Production David Schisgall Associate Producer

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