Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life

The film Into The Abyss is a documentary about two death row inmates in the USA. As teenagers, Michael Perry and Jason Burkett murdered three people just to take a joyride in an expensive car. While Perry was executed a few days after filming, his accomplice, who was found guilty of the same three capital murders in a separate trial, was sentenced only to life in prison. The film is a gaze into the abyss of the human soul. Wherever you look, another abyss opens up. Death is not the only aspect of the film: there is the urgency of life as a parallel storyline. How should we live our lives according to the men waiting for execution? The film shows the prisoners as human beings, but it never glorifies them or their crimes.
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Cinematography: Peter Zeitlinger
Editing: Joe Bini
Sound: Erik Spitzer
Music: Mark Degli Antoni
Production: Creative Differences, USA T. +1 818 432 4200F.+1 818 432 4301www.creatvdiff.com
Producers: Erik Nelson
Format: DigiBeta Color
Production Country: Germany-UK-USA
Production Year: 2011
Duration: 105
Contact: ZDF Enterprises, Germany Dr. Kristina Hollstein T. +49 6131 9910 F. +49 6131 991 1502 kristina.hollstein@zdf-enterprises.de www.zdf-enterprises.de

Werner Herzog

Filmography

Selected
1972 Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes/Aguirre, the Wrath of God (fiction)
1976 Herz aus Glas/Heart of Glass (fiction)
1979 Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht/Nosferatu: the Vampyre (fiction)
1982 Fitzcarraldo (fiction)
1999 Mein liebster Feind – Klaus Kinski/My Best Fiend
2005 Grizzly Man
2007 Encounters at the End of the World
2010 Cave of Forgotten Dreams
2011 Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life