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Mr. Death

Original title: Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
  • 19991999
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
5.6K
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Fred A. Leuchter Jr. in Mr. Death (1999)
  • Documentary
  • Biography
A cinematic portrait of the life and career of the infamous American execution device designer and holocaust denier.A cinematic portrait of the life and career of the infamous American execution device designer and holocaust denier.A cinematic portrait of the life and career of the infamous American execution device designer and holocaust denier.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
5.6K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Errol Morris
  • Stars
    • Fred A. Leuchter Jr.
    • Robert Jan Van Pelt
    • David Irving
Top credits
  • Director
    • Errol Morris
  • Stars
    • Fred A. Leuchter Jr.
    • Robert Jan Van Pelt
    • David Irving
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 55User reviews
    • 42Critic reviews
    • 78Metascore
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 8 nominations

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    Fred A. Leuchter Jr.
    Fred A. Leuchter Jr.
    • Selfas Self
    • (as Fred Leuchter)
    Robert Jan Van Pelt
    • Selfas Self
    David Irving
    David Irving
    • Selfas Self
    Caroline Leuchter
    • Selfas Self
    • (voice)
    James Roth
    • Self - Analytical Chemistas Self - Analytical Chemist
    Shelly Shapiro
    • Selfas Self
    Suzanne Tabasky
    • Selfas Self
    Ernst Zündel
    Ernst Zündel
    • Selfas Self
    David Collins
    David Collins
    • Re-enactment castas Re-enactment cast
    Daniel Polsby
    • Re-enactment castas Re-enactment cast
    Jeff Brown
    • Re-enactment castas Re-enactment cast
    Robert Duerr
    • Re-enactment castas Re-enactment cast
    Adolf Hitler
    Adolf Hitler
    • Self - Leaves Planeas Self - Leaves Plane
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Errol Morris
    Errol Morris
    • Self - Intervieweras Self - Interviewer
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Errol Morris
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      All of the states which bought one of Leuchter's lethal injection machines have subsequently stopped using them because they were too difficult to operate and maintain.
    • Quotes

      Fred A. Leuchter Jr.: The human body is not easy to destroy and it's not easy to take a life humanely and painlessly without doing a great deal of damage to the individual's body.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: The Green Mile/The End of the Affair/A Map of the World/Sweet and Lowdown/Mr. Death (1999)

    User reviews55

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Persona Non Grata, American-Style
    Leuchter is one amazing guy. This is a guy who became one of the US's foremost experts on death engineering - he designed and built/rebuilt several execution devices for death rows throughout the nation. Then, tragically, he took it upon himself to travel to Auschwitz and hammer bits off the gas chambers to bring home for cyanide testing. His conclusion: no-one was gassed there. Oops. Then he compounded his mistake by testifying for Ernst Zundel and speaking at holocaust-revisionist meets throughout the world.

    So, an excellent subject for a movie, and Morris does an okay job. There are a few faults. The quality of some of the interview footage is quite poor. And there is the question of the reconstructions. Leuchter provided Morris with plenty of "home movies" which are incorporated into the film, so the function of the reconstructions seems merely to be to reinforce in our minds the dramatic qualities of a lot of the actions Leuchter performed. Personally, I could've done without them.

    10/10 for the subject, 6/10 for the film-making, gives 8/10 overall.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 14, 2000 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
    • Filming locations
      • Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, Oswiecim, Malopolskie, Poland
    • Production companies
      • Independent Film Channel (IFC)
      • Channel Four
      • Fourth Floor Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $507,941
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $24,125
      • Jan 2, 2000
    • Gross worldwide
      • $507,941
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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