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In Theaters: September 30, 2016
On DVD/Blu-ray: January 3, 2017
PG-13 | 1h 50m | Drama
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In 1996, Brit David Irving (Timothy Spall) sued American historian Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz), as well as Penguin Books, which published her book Denying the Holocaust, because she criticized some of his anti-Semitic writings and public statements, in which he claimed to be able to prove there had been no gas chambers at Auschwitz. With the suit having been filed in Britain, Lipstadt worries because English libel law puts the burden of proof on the defendant rather than the plaintiff, so if she is not able to prove the veracity of the existence of gas chambers for the purpose of killing Jews and other prisoners at Auschwitz, it will become widely acceptable for hatemongers to claim the Holocaust didn’t happen.
Director: Mick Jackson
Studio: BBC Films
Producer(s): Gary Foster, Russ Krasnoff
Cast: Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, Andrew Scott
Writer(s): David Hare
Inspiration: Deborah Lipstadt
32 votes and 12 Reviews
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Rotten Tomatoes® Score 82%
71%
In Theaters: September 30, 2016
On DVD/Blu-ray: January 3, 2017
PG-13 | 1h 50m | Drama
Watch Trailer
In 1996, Brit David Irving (Timothy Spall) sued American historian Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz), as well as Penguin Books, which published her book Denying the Holocaust, because she criticized some of his anti-Semitic writings and public statements, in which he claimed to be able to prove there had been no gas chambers at Auschwitz. With the suit having been filed in Britain, Lipstadt worries because English libel law puts the burden of proof on the defendant rather than the plaintiff, so if she is not able to prove the veracity of the existence of gas chambers for the purpose of killing Jews and other prisoners at Auschwitz, it will become widely acceptable for hatemongers to claim the Holocaust didn’t happen.
Rotten Tomatoes® Score 82%
71%
In Theaters: September 30, 2016
On DVD/Blu-ray: January 3, 2017
PG-13 | 1h 50m | Drama
In 1996, Brit David Irving (Timothy Spall) sued American historian Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz), as well as Penguin Books, which published her book Denying the Holocaust, because she criticized some of his anti-Semitic writings and public statements, in which he claimed to be able to prove there had been no gas chambers at Auschwitz.
With the suit having been filed in Britain, Lipstadt worries because English libel law puts the burden of proof on the defendant rather than the plaintiff, so if she is not able to prove the veracity of the existence of gas chambers for the purpose of killing Jews and other prisoners at Auschwitz, it will become widely acceptable for hatemongers to claim the Holocaust didn’t happen.
