Land of Silence and Darkness
1971·Germany - West Germany (FRG)·85 min.
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Through examining Fini Straubinger, an old woman who has been deaf and blind since adolescence, and her work on behalf of other deaf and blind people, this film shows how the deaf and blind struggle to understand and accept a world from which they are almost wholly isolated.
DirectorWerner Herzog
ScreenwriterWerner Herzog
CinematographyJörg Schmidt-Reitwein
CastFini Straubinger
Original titleLand des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit (Land of Silence and Darkness)