Project Detail

Denial

Synopsis

Based on the true case of Holocaust denier David Irving detailed in Deborah E. Lipstadt's acclaimed book 'Denial: Holocaust History on Trial'.
Lipstadt mounted a legal battle for historical truth against David Irving, who accused her of libel when she declared him a Holocaust Denier. In the English legal system, the burden of proof is on the accused; therefore, it was up to Lipstadt and her legal team to prove the essential truth that the Holocaust happened.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2016 - Special Presentations - World premiere

Details

Year: 2016
Type of film: Features
Running time: 110 mins
Director: Mick Jackson
Producer: Gary Foster, Russ Krasnoff
Executive Producer: Jonathan King, Jeff Skoll, Christine Langan, Joe Oppenheimer, Andrew Karpen, Guy Heeley
Editor: Justine Wright
Screenwriter: David Hare (screenplay), Deborah Lipstadt (nonfiction book)
Director of Photography: Haris Zambarloukos
Production Designer: Andrew McAlpine
Sound: Ian Wilson
Principal cast: Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, Andrew Scott, Caren Pistorius, Jack Lowden, Alex Jennings, Harriet Walter

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

US, UK coproduction

Krasnoff/ Foster Entertainment (US), Participant Media (US), Shoebox FIlms (UK), BBC Films (UK)

Shoebox Films

Collie McCarthy
48 Russell Square
London
WC1B 4JP

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Sales Company

Cornerstone Films

12 Sunray Avenue
London
SE24 9PY

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