Movie
Into the Abyss
Overview
We do not know when and how we will die. Death Row inmates do. Werner Herzog embarks on a dialogue with Death Row inmates, asks questions about life and death and looks deep into these individuals, their stories, their crimes.
Details
- Release date
- 2011-11-11
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Documentary, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Creative Differences, Skellig Rock, Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Investigation Discovery, Revolver Entertainment, Spring Films
- Country
- United States of America, Germany, Canada
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Werner Herzog as Narrator (voice)
- Jason Burkett as Self - Convicted Murderer
- Richard Lopez as Self - Death House Chaplin (as The Reverend Richard Lopez)
- Damon Hall as Self - Montgomery County Sheriff's Department
- Lisa Stolter-Balloun as Self - Daughter and Sister to Victims
- Charles Richardson as Self - Older Brother of Jeremy
- Jared Talbert as Self - Citizen of Conroe Texas
- Amanda West as Self - Former Bartender
- Delbert Burkett as Self - Jason Burkett's Father
- Melyssa Burkett as Self - Jason Burkett's Wife
- Fred Allen as Self - Former Captain pf Death House Team
- Michael Perry as Self - Death Row Inmate (as Michael James Perry)
Crew
- Werner Herzog - Director
- Werner Herzog - Writer
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