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

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

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    (39 reviews)

  • 84% of users liked it
    (3,679 ratings)

Throughout his work, documentary filmmaker Errol Morris has sought out characters lost in their own eccentric worlds, and he has managed to convey their sense of wonder with their passion, be it a topiary gardener arguing the merits of hand shears in Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997) or… More

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PG-13, 1 hr. 36 min.
Directed By
Errol Morris
Genres
Documentary, Drama, Special Interest
In Theaters
Dec 29, 1999 Wide
On DVD
Jun 6, 2000
Lions Gate Releasing

Critic Reviews

  • Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena

    Morris, com sua habilidade narrativa habitual, conta a interessante mas incômoda história de um homem destruído pela própria ignorância.

  • Mark Robison, Reno Gazette-Journal

    Fascinating stuff.

  • James O'Ehley, Movie Gurus

    Despite its morbid subject, this documentary is far funnier than one would expect.

  • Joshua Tanzer, Offoffoff

    As Errol Morris shows us how this strange little man got into the execution business and Holocaust denial, we should ask ourselves: Did we create 'Mr. Death'? Is he us?

  • James Rocchi, Netflix

    Unsettling documentary is a gripping study of the banality of evil.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Randy T


    Interesting study of Fred Leuchter's underwhelming career, poor judgement and antisemitic reasoning.

  • Walter M


    [font=Century Gothic][color=red]"Mr. Death" is an Errol Morris documentary about Fred Leuchter. Mr. Leuchter is an engineer by trade who specialized in building and repairing capital punishment devices(gallows, gas chamber, lethal injection, electric chair, etc) for various… More

  • Christopher B


    Amazing look at an outsider, and the choices he makes to be accepted, no matter by whom. Disturbing and sad, this is a truly great film about lonliness and what it drives people to do.

  • Wu C


    Fascinating look into the life of a man who designed execution equipment. He also somehow gets convinced to help disprove gas chambers during the holocaust.

  • Kit X


    There is footage of an elephant being electrocuted

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