Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Rachel Weisz Tom Wilkinson & Timothy Spall star in this historical drama Based on her own book the film follows American historian Deborah Lipstadt (Weisz)'s legal battle with British scholar David Irving (Spall) after he sued her & her publisher for accusing him of being a Holocaust denier in 1996 In the courtroom Lipstadt & her British lawyers Anthony Julius (Andrew Scott) & Richard Rampton (Wilkinson) are made to prove that Irving was lying by denying the Holocaust & must therefore prove its occurrence in their defence Desperate to take to the stand herself Lipstadt is approached by numerous Holocaust survivors eager to testify but her legal team remain steadfast in their intention to keep the trial focused on Irving & on the validity of Lipstadt's claims Actors Rachel Weisz Tom Wilkinson Timothy Spall Andrew Scott Jack Lowden Directors Mick Jackson Writers David Hare Producers Gary Foster Russ Krasnoff Format PALLanguage English Subtitles English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Aspect Ratio Unknown Number of discs 1