Into the Abyss
Nov 11 2011
•2h 45m
•Documentary, Crime
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.
Cast
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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
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