Land of Silence and Darkness

(1971)

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Synopsis

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.

Directors

Werner Herzog, Fini Straubinger, Werner Herzog

Production year

1971

Rating

NR

Studio

Shout! Factory

Runtime

81 minutes

Cast

Rolf Illig, Fini Straubinger