25 Apr 2013
A Better Place Than This
A lonely Singaporean death row guard tries to help a young Australian convicted of drug trafficking accept her fate despite a bizarre contradiction - he is her executioner.
Into the Abyss
A gaze into the abyss of the human soul.
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.
Top Billed Cast
Jason Burkett Self - Convicted Murderer
Richard Lopez Self - Death House Chaplin (as The Reverend Richard Lopez)
Damon Hall Self - Montgomery County Sheriff's Department
Lisa Stolter-Balloun Self - Daughter and Sister to Victims
Charles Richardson Self - Older Brother of Jeremy
Jared Talbert Self - Citizen of Conroe Texas
Amanda West Self - Former Bartender
Delbert Burkett Self - Jason Burkett's Father
Melyssa Burkett Self - Jason Burkett's Wife
Fred Allen Self - Former Captain pf Death House Team
Michael Perry Self - Death Row Inmate (as Michael James Perry)
Kristen Willis Self
Jeremy Richardson Self
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