The read
It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
78 audience votes
Key crew
- Werner HerzogScreenplay
- Werner HerzogDirector
Cast
- Fini StraubingerCast
- Heinrich FleischmannCast
- Vladimir KokolCast
- M. BaaskeCast
- Resi MittermeierCast
- Rolf IlligVoice
Stills
Themes
deaf-mutedeafacceptancestruggle for independenceobservational documentarysocial acceptanceself-acceptancedeafnessdeaf culturedeaf and blinddeaf couple