
Film
Land of Silence and Darkness
1971 · 1h 25m · Documentary
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- 7.9
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- 86%
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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.
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Cast
Crew
- Werner HerzogDirector · Screenplay · Producer
- Jörg Schmidt-ReitweinDirector of Photography
- Beate Mainka-JellinghausEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- October 8, 1971
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- German
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Documentary
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