

Land of Silence and Darkness
1971 · Movie · 1h 25m
Documentary
Overview
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
IMDb
7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
Key crew
- Werner HerzogDirector
- Werner HerzogScreenplay
Cast
- Fini StraubingerCast
- Heinrich FleischmannCast
- Vladimir KokolCast
- M. BaaskeCast
- Resi MittermeierCast
- Rolf IlligVoice
Stills
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Themes
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