Into the Abyss
Into the Abyss
DocumentaryCrime

Into the Abyss

2011
105 min
6.9
68.8%
User Score
(275 votes)

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.

DIRECTED BY

Werner Herzog

STARRING

Werner Herzog, Jason Burkett, Richard Lopez, Damon Hall, Lisa Stolter-Balloun

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Cast

Werner Herzog

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

Delbert Burkett

Self - Jason Burkett's Father

Melyssa Burkett

Self - Jason Burkett's Wife

Fred Allen

Self - Former Captain pf Death House Team

Michael Perry

Self - Death Row Inmate (as Michael James Perry)

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