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

70 %|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.

Featured Crew

Errol Morris
Director
Karen Schmeer
Editor
Artur Bartos
Props
Agnieszka Nejman
Assistant Production Manager
Robert Richardson
Additional Photography
Caleb Sampson
Music
Peter Donahue
Cinematography
Dorothy Aufiero
Producer

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Cast

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Caroline Leuchter
Self (voice)
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David Collins
Re-enactment cast
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Daniel Polsby
Re-enactment cast
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Jeff Brown
Re-enactment cast
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Robert Duerr
Re-enactment cast
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Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Errol Morris
Self - Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)