Denial is a movie directed by Mick Jackson in 2016 and based on the book History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier by Deborah E. Lipstadt, first published in 2005. The movie features Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, Andrew Scott, Caren Pistorius, Alex Jennings, and others.
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Storyline
Deborah E. 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 in Defamation, 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 occurred.
Movie vs Book
Year
2016
Minutes
109
Movie Rate
6.70
Source: IMDb
Year
2005
Pages
400
Book Rate
8.48
S: Goodreads
Book
History on Trial
Subtitle: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier
Author: Deborah E. Lipstadt
Country: USA
First published in: 2005
Length: 400 pages
Genre: Biography
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