--- title: 'Into the Abyss (2011)' type: 'film' director: 'Werner Herzog' released: '2011-09-08' runtime_minutes: 107 genres: - 'Documentary' - 'Drama' countries: - 'Germany' - 'United Kingdom' - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/into-the-abyss-2011' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1972663/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Into the Abyss (2011) 2011 · 107 min · Documentary, Drama · Germany, United Kingdom, United States ## Synopsis Into the Abyss is a 2011 documentary film written and directed by Werner Herzog. It is about capital punishment, and focuses on a triple homicide that occurred in Montgomery County, Texas, in 2001. In the film, Herzog interviews the two young men convicted of the crime, Michael Perry and Jason Burkett, as well as family members and acquaintances of the victims and criminals, and individuals who have taken part in executions in Texas. The primary focus of the film is not the details of the case or the question of Michael and Jason's guilt or innocence, and, although Herzog's voice can be heard as he conducts the interviews, there is a minimal amount of narration. He never appears onscreen, unlike in many of his films. ## Credits - **Director:** [Werner Herzog](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-herzog) - **Screenplay:** [Werner Herzog](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-herzog) - **Producer:** [Werner Herzog](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-herzog), [Lucki Stipetić](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucki-stipetic), [Erik Nelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/erik-nelson) - **Original Music Composer:** [Mark De Gli Antoni](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-de-gli-antoni) - **Director of Photography:** [Peter Zeitlinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-zeitlinger) - **Editor:** [Joe Bini](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-bini) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.wernerherzog.com/ Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/into-the-abyss-2011 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3007211); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.