Werner Herzog's latest stunning documentary focuses on the powerful subject of capital punishment, following the moving story of Michael Perry and Jason Burkett, two young men found guilty of three brutal murders.

Perry was executed eight days after filming commenced while Burkett was sentenced only to life in prison. Unraveling the crime and trial from separate viewpoints, including the victim's families and prison staff, Herzog's masterful exploration of life on Death Row shows the devastating effects on all involved.

Winner of the Grierson Award for Best Documentary at the London Film Festival, Into The Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life ranks among the director's finest works to date.

'DIRECTORS STATEMENT': I am not an advocate of the death penalty. I do not even have an argument, I only have a story, the history of the barbarism of Nazi Germany. There were thousands and thousands of cases of capital punishment; there was a systematic program of euthanasia, and on top of it the indistrualized extermination of six million Jews in a genocide that has no precedence in human history. The argument that innocent men and women have been executed is, in my opinion, only a secondary one. A State should not be allowed – under any circumstance – to execute anyone for any reason. End of story.

Satellite Q&A with Werner Herzog broadcast to the following cinemas on Tuesday 27th March.

On general release from 30th March

On general release to the following cinemas from 30th March