Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)
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.
Director: Errol Morris
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Fred A. Leuchter Jr. as Self |
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Robert Jan van Pelt as Self |
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David Irving as Self |
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Caroline Leuchter as Self (voice) |
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James Roth as Self |
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Shelly Shapiro as Self |
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Suzanne Tabasky as Self |
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Ernst Zündel as Self |
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David Collins as Re-enactment cast |
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Daniel Polsby as Re-enactment cast |
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Jeff Brown as Re-enactment cast |
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Robert Duerr as Re-enactment cast |
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Adolf Hitler as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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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 |
