Land of Silence and Darkness (1973)

Plot Summary

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.

Movie Details

Original Title

Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit

Status

released

Original Language

de

Where to watch free (US)

Production Companies

Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

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