Nov 11, 2011
105 min
Full-HD

Into the Abyss (2011)

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.

Category

Documentary Crime

Country

United States of America Germany Canada

Companies

Creative Differences Skellig Rock Werner Herzog Filmproduktion Investigation Discovery Revolver Entertainment Spring Films

Werner Herzog

Narrator (voice)

Jason Burkett

Self - Convicted Murderer

Richard Lopez

Self - Death House Chaplin (as The Reverend Richard Lopez)

Damon Hall

Self - Montgomery County Sheriff's Department

Lisa Stolter-Balloun

Self - Daughter and Sister to Victims

Charles Richardson

Self - Older Brother of Jeremy

Jared Talbert

Self - Citizen of Conroe Texas

Amanda West

Self - Former Bartender

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