Into the Abyss

Name: Into the Abyss
Director: Werner Herzog
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Released: 2011-11-11
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Werner Herzog, Jason Burkett, Richard Lopez, Damon Hall, Lisa Stolter-Balloun

A gaze into the abyss of the human soul.

DocumentaryCrime

November 11, 20111h 45m6.9 / 10

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.

Director

Werner Herzog

Production

Creative DifferencesSkellig RockWerner Herzog FilmproduktionInvestigation DiscoveryRevolver EntertainmentSpring Films

Cast

Werner HerzogNarrator (voice)

Jason BurkettSelf - Convicted Murderer

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

Damon HallSelf - Montgomery County Sheriff's Department

Lisa Stolter-BallounSelf - Daughter and Sister to Victims

Charles RichardsonSelf - Older Brother of Jeremy