Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
1999 · 91 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 5,867 VOTES · DIR. Errol Morris
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 172 lines
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01:13:58 I was appalled to learn that much of what I was taught in school...
01:14:29 as he heard Jews vilified.
01:14:56 I have a compelling urge and perhaps a responsibility...
01:15:36 There have been translations.
01:15:56 as being a nation of genocidal maniacs.
01:16:24 that Leuchter is not certified as an engineer in Massachusetts.
01:16:52 Less than ten percent of the engineers in the state are licensed or registered.
01:17:23 [ Leuchter ] I have a half of a lethal injection machine...
01:17:49 between corrections officials and the deputy attorney general...
01:18:15 And the State has effectively said
01:18:45 in both major Boston newspapers...
01:19:07 Delaware turned out to be a major problem, but I still have their machine.
01:19:41 but I would not be there.
01:20:10 The gas and electric was being shut off. And that was how he left.
01:20:52 Then you find you got this super-size doorknob on your knob so you can't get the key in
01:21:35 He's had his marriage destroyed. He's had his life destroyed.
01:22:02 He had no idea of what he was blundering into.
01:22:50 I bear a great deal of ill will to those people that have come after me
01:23:17 but I guess I'm a reluctant revisionist.
01:23:47 I have no work. I haven't sold a piece of equipment in almost three years.
01:24:45 And perhaps that's why I did it.
01:26:12 There was, um, a youngster
01:26:46 that prison officials shouldn't allow their children to sit in the electric chair.
07:00:00 that I put into the repair of the machine.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed172
Dialogue density1.9 lines / min
First line01:13:58
Final line07:00:00
Production Record
DirectorErrol Morris
LanguageEnglish
Revenue$507,941
IMDb votes5,867