• Director(s)

    Mick Jackson

  • Production Year

    2016

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    105m

  • Cast

    Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, Andrew Scott, Jack Lowden, Caren Pistorius

Film

Denial

infrequent strong and racist language

DENIAL is a drama based on the true story of the unsuccessful libel action brought by David Irving against Deborah Lipstadt, which hinged on the issue of Holocaust denial. References to genocide are discreet, but might be upsetting for some viewers.…

DENIAL is a drama based on the true story of the unsuccessful libel action brought by David Irving against Deborah Lipstadt, which hinged on the issue of Holocaust denial. References to genocide are discreet, but might be upsetting for some viewers.

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threat and horror

language

discrimination

violence

sex

drugs

injury detail

nudity

  • Director(s)

    Mick Jackson

  • Production Year

    2016

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    105m

  • Cast

    Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, Andrew Scott, Jack Lowden, Caren Pistorius

infrequent strong and racist language
Classified Date:
08/11/2016
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment One UK Ltd
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k'). Milder terms include 'shit' and 'hell'.
discrimination
A racist rhyme is recited in a court room. A crowd shout at a character, calling her a 'dirty Jew' and 'Jewish scum'.
additional issues
There are references to the Holocaust including images from the Auschwitz museum showing collections of victims' glasses and shoes. There are discussions about how victims were killed in gas chambers. A brief image shows some panicked faces behind a door as a character imagines Auschwitz.
infrequent strong and racist language
Classified Date:
06/03/2017
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Entertainment One UK
threat and horror
A character imagines people clamouring around in panic inside a gas chamber, but is brief and impressionistic. There are also verbal references to the Holocaust, specifically to the procedure used in the gas chambers of concentration camps. Such references occur in the context of a legal case.
language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'). Milder terms include 'shit', ‘God’ and 'hell'.
discrimination
A racist rhyme is recited in a courtroom. A crowd shout at a character, calling her a 'dirty Jew' and 'Jewish scum'. However, racism is not condoned by the work as a whole. A male character makes sexist comments about women working for him.
Classified Date:
29/11/2016
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Entertainment One UK
Classified Date:
27/10/2016
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Entertainment One UK Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Trailer A

  • Classified date

    06/03/2017

  • BBFC reference

    AVF345990

  • Language

    English