Denial
Synopsis
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 project
- Features
- Running time
- 110 mins
- Director
-
Mick Jackson
- Producer
- Gary Foster, Russ Krasnoff
- Co-Producer
- Celia Duval
- 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
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
US, UK coproduction
Krasnoff/ Foster Entertainment (US), Participant Media (US), Shoebox FIlms (UK), BBC Films (UK)
Shoebox Films
Collie McCarthy48 Russell Square
London
WC1B 4JP
Sales Company
Cornerstone Films
12 Sunray AvenueLondon
SE24 9PY
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