This
biographical drama recounts Deborah E. Lipstadt’s (Rachel Weisz) legal
battle for historical truth against David Irving (Timothy Spall), who
accused her of libel when she declared him a Holocaust denier. In the
English legal system, in cases of libel, the burden of proof is on the
defendant, therefore it was up to Lipstadt and her legal team, led by
Richard Rampton (Tom Wilkinson), to prove the essential truth that the
Holocaust occurred.
Nominated for Outstanding British Film of the Year at the BAFTA Awards. Official Selection at the Toronto International Film Festival.
“Weisz’s conviction, passion and galvanizing outrage drive
Denial. For a Jewish academic, this was now intellectual exercise and
Weisz lets us see it.” – Mick LaSalle, The San Francisco Chronicle