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

69% | Dec 29, 1999
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.

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Errol Morris
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Karen Schmeer
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Artur Bartos
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Agnieszka Nejman
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Robert Richardson
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Peter Donahue
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Dorothy Aufiero
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Errol Morris
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Caleb Sampson
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David Collins
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Kathy Trustman
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Jonathan Sehring
Executive Producer

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