Land of Silence and Darkness
Through examining Fini Straubinger, an old woman who has been deaf and blind since her teens, and her work on behalf of other deaf-blind people, this film shows how the deaf-blind struggle to understand and accept a world from which they are almost wholly isolated.
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- Cast
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Land of Silence and Darkness
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Oct 8, 1971
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Documentary
User Score
74%
Original Title
Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit
Production Companies
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Referat für Filmgeschichte
Director
Werner Herzog
Description
Through examining Fini Straubinger, an old woman who has been deaf and blind since her teens, and her work on behalf of other deaf-blind people, this film shows how the deaf-blind struggle to understand and accept a world from which they are almost wholly isolated.
