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Land of Silence and Darkness

Land of Silence and Darkness

1971·Movie·1h 25m

Documentary

7.5 / 10 (78 votes)

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.

Directed by
Werner Herzog
Original language
Deutsch
Released
8 October 1971

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Last verified 2 Nov 2026

Cast

  • FS

    Fini Straubinger

  • HF

    Heinrich Fleischmann

  • VK

    Vladimir Kokol

  • MB

    M. Baaske

  • RM

    Resi Mittermeier

  • RI

    Rolf Illig

    Voice