Into the Abyss
Release date: 2011-11-11
Votes: 268
Genres: 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.
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