I've got a thousand dollars to give anyone that shows me a document that proves the holocaust.
Based on the Deborah E. Lipstadt’s acclaimed book History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier and adapted for the screen by David Hare, the book recounts Lipstadt’s 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.
Awards
- Nominated for a British Academy Film Award 2017 (BAFTA) for Outstanding British Film.
Starring:
Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, Andrew Scott, Caren Pistorius, Jack Lowden, Alex Jennings, Harriet Walter
Director:
Mick Jackson
Producers:
Gary Foster, Russ Krasnoff
Screenplay:
David Hare
Executive Producers:
Jeff Skoll, Jonathan King, Christine Langan, Joe Oppenheimer
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Credits summary:
Participant Media and ±«Óãtv Films present a Krasnoff/Foster Entertainment Production in association with Shoebox Films
Certificate:
12A
Running time:
109 mins
Released:
27 January 2017