Video Interview: Author Deborah Lipstadt on Holocaust ‘Denial’ With Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson

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CHICAGO – HollywoodChicago.com interviews the “Queen of Truth,” Deborah Lipstadt, whose book and famous court trial inspired the new film “Denial”. This year’s “Spotlight” but for the Jews, Rachel Weisz plays Lipstadt opposite Timothy Spall, who portrays the Holocaust denier David Irving.

Tom Wilkinson and Andrew Scott are portrayed as Lipstadt’s lawyers as she fights Irving in a London court to prove the Holocaust happened and he’s a fraudulent historian. The film opened in Chicago on Oct. 7, 2016. Watch our full, private interview with Lipstadt below!


Interviews by: Adam Fendelman, Publisher
Filmed and edited by: Jeff Doles, Cameron Cox, Ethan Madison and Alex Gaul
Trailer and stills (used with permission): Bleecker Street Films

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