Land of Silence and Darkness

Land of Silence and Darkness

1973
1h 25m
7.4

7.4/10

72 votes • View on IMDb
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.

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Status: Released

Language: DE

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Production Information

Production Companies
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion Referat für Filmgeschichte
Production Countries
Germany
Spoken Languages
German

Keywords

deaf-mute deaf acceptance struggle for independence observational documentary social acceptance self acceptance deafness deaf culture deaf and blind self-acceptance deaf couple

Quick Facts

Original Title Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit
Release Date October 8, 1973
Status Released
Language DE
IMDb ID tt0067324

Cast

Fini Straubinger
Fini Straubinger

Heinrich Fleischmann
Heinrich Fleischmann

Vladimir Kokol
Vladimir Kokol

M. Baaske
M. Baaske

Resi Mittermeier
Resi Mittermeier

Rolf Illig
Rolf Illig

Voice

Key Crew

Werner Herzog
Director
Werner Herzog
Screenplay
Werner Herzog
Producer