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

1999
PG-13
1h 31m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

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Fred A. Leuchter Jr. in Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA 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.

Director
- Errol Morris
Stars

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7,5/10

5,8 k

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Director
- Errol Morris
Stars

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Prix
- 1 victoire et 8 nominations au total

Photos20

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Rôles principaux14

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Fred A. Leuchter Jr.

Self
(as Fred Leuchter)

Robert Jan Van Pelt

Self

David Irving

Self

Caroline Leuchter

Self
(voice)

James Roth

Self - Analytical Chemist

Shelly Shapiro

Self

Suzanne Tabasky

Self

Ernst Zündel

Self

David Collins

Re-enactment cast

Daniel Polsby

Re-enactment cast

Jeff Brown

Re-enactment cast

Robert Duerr

Re-enactment cast

Adolf Hitler

Self - Leaves Plane
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Errol Morris

Self - Interviewer
(voice)
(uncredited)

Histoire

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Le saviez-vous

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Anecdotes
According to A Brief History of Errol Morris (2000), Morris made a rough cut that he showed to colleagues and friends that only had Leuchter interviewed and it was Morris' intention that the audience would understand he was saying things either as lies or flat-out wrong. He was advised to go to Auschwitz and dig deeper so that there would be no doubt for the audience that Leuchter was wrong.

Citations
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.

Connexions
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Green Mile/The End of the Affair/A Map of the World/Sweet and Lowdown/Mr. Death (1999)

Commentaires des utilisateurs54

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Commentaire en vedette

7/10

Compelling documentary

MR DEATH is one of my favourite types of documentary: those that tell a story you're completely unfamiliar with, but which turn out to be extremely compelling and indeed gripping thanks to the stuff being presented. In many ways, this is a simple story of one man's fame and later infamy, although director Morris uses it as a springboard to embrace some wider concepts, such as capital punishment and the Holocaust.

One of the important things that I took away from this was that Leuchter is no villain: just a misguided man who didn't necessarily deserve all the hatred aimed at him. Yes, he made a grievous mistake, but to destroy his life as a result of that error? "Let he who is without sin...", etc. The political side of the documentary is especially interesting as a result.