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Into the Abyss

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

DocumentaryCrime

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.

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Werner HerzogJason BurkettRichard LopezDamon HallLisa Stolter-BallounCharles RichardsonJared TalbertAmanda WestDelbert BurkettMelyssa BurkettFred AllenMichael Perry

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Werner Herzog

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