Land of Silence and Darkness

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Land of Silence and Darkness (1971)

Directed by Werner Herzog

Documentary · 1h 25m

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.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Werner Herzog
Screenplay
Werner Herzog
Director of Photography
Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
Editor
Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Producer
Werner Herzog

Details

Original title
Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit
Release date
1971-10-08
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
DE
Spoken languages
German
Countries
Germany
Production
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Referat für Filmgeschichte