Mr. Death: the Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Errol Morris
David Irving
James Roth
Suzanne Tabasky
Robert Jan Van Pelt
Shelly Shapiro
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Fred A. Leuchter, Jr., an engineer from Massachusettes decided to become the "Florence Nightengale of Death Row"--a humanitarian, a humanist, whose mission was to design and repair gas chambers, electric chairs, lethal injection systems and gallows. He became renowned in his field and was eventually employed as an expert, albeit self-taught, by the various states where capitol punishment was upheld. In 1988, Ernst Zundel, a neo-Nazi who published such tracts as "Did Six Million Really Die?" and "The Hitler We Loved and Why," commissioned Lechter to conduct a forensic investigation into the use of poison gas in WWII Nazi concentration camps. Lechter traveled to Auschwitz and illegally took brick and mortar samples for analysis, and later "proved" that the Holocaust never happened. Leuchter fully expected his involvement with Ernst Zundel to be the crowning achievement of his career, but instead it ruined him.
Director
Errol Morris
Cast
David Irving
James Roth
Suzanne Tabasky
Robert Jan Van Pelt
Shelly Shapiro
Ernst Zundel
Fred A Leuchter
Crew
Dorothy Aufiero
Ted Bafaloukos
Steve Bores
David D. Collins
David Collins
Peter Donohue
Peter Donohue
David Irving
Caroline Kaplan
Fred A Leuchter
Errol Morris
Robert Richardson
Robert Richardson
James Roth
Caleb Sampson
Karen Schmeer
Jonathan Sehring
Shelly Shapiro
John Sloss
Suzanne Tabasky
Robert Jan Van Pelt
Michael Williams
Ernst Zundel
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Winter December 29, 1999
Expanded Release in United States January 28, 2000
Released in United States on Video June 6, 2000
Released in United States 1999
Released in United States January 1999
Released in United States Winter December 29, 1999 (NY, LA)
Expanded Release in United States January 28, 2000
Released in United States on Video June 6, 2000
Released in United States 1999 (World premiere at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival.)
Released in United States January 1999 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah January 21-31, 1999.)
