Land of Silence and Darkness (1971)
Land of Silence and Darkness (1971)
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Plot.
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.
Fini Straubinger
Self
M. Baaske
Actor
Heinrich Fleischmann
Self
Rolf Illig
Narrator
Vladimir Kokol
Self
Resi Mittermeier
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Gustav Heinemann
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Werner Herzog
Director
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Details.
Release DateOctober 8, 1971
Original NameLand des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 25m
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Wiki.
Land of Silence and Darkness (German: Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit) is a 1971 documentary film about deaf-blind people and their experience of life. The film was written, directed, and produced by Werner Herzog. Rolf Illig provided narration.
Herzog follows Fini Straubinger, a German woman who became deaf-blind early in life, as she visits with other deaf-blind people, and discusses their struggle to live in the modern world. In one scene from the film, the filmmakers visit a home for boys who were born deaf-blind; in another, Fini Straubinger and her friends ride in an aeroplane. In the final scene, a man examines a tree with his hands, and embraces it.