Land of Silence and Darkness
1971 · Documentary · 85 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
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.
Direction Werner Herzog
Cast Fini Straubinger
Screenplay Werner Herzog
Cinematography Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
Original title Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit (Land of Silence and Darkness)
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415 votes (FilmAffinity)
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