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Denial (2016)

★ 6.8 · 697 ratings on TMDB

The whole world knows the Holocaust happened. Now she needs to prove it.

Denial poster★ 6.8

Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.

DirectorMick Jackson
CastAlex Jennings, Andrew Scott, Caren Pistorius, Harriet Walter, Jack Lowden, John Sessions
GenresDrama, History
The emergence reading

Denial keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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