---
title: 'Wisconsin Death Trip (1999)'
type: 'film'
director: 'James Marsh'
released: '1999-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 76
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/wisconsin-death-trip-1999'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0210389/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Wisconsin Death Trip (1999)

1999 · 76 min · Documentary, Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Wisconsin Death Trip is a 1999 docudrama film written for the screen and directed by James Marsh, based on the 1973 historical nonfiction book of the same name by Michael Lesy. The film dramatizes a series of macabre incidents that took place in and around Black River Falls, Wisconsin in the late-19th century. It utilizes silent black-and-white reenactment footage contrasted with contemporary color footage of the region, along with voice-over narration by Sir Ian Holm, orating contemporaneous newspaper articles written about the occurrences. Music featured in the film includes DJ Shadow and John Cale.

## Credits

- **Director:** [James Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-marsh)
- **Screenplay:** [James Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-marsh)
- **Producer:** [James Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-marsh)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Cale](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-cale), [DJ Shadow](https://cinepixo.com/people/dj-shadow)
- **Director of Photography:** [Eigil Bryld](https://cinepixo.com/people/eigil-bryld)

## Cast

- [Ian Holm](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-holm)

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