Land of Silence and Darkness (1971)
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.
Released: Oct 08, 1971
Runtime: 85 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Fini Straubinger, Heinrich Fleischmann, Vladimir Kokol, M. Baaske, Resi Mittermeier, Rolf Illig
Crew: Werner Herzog (Director), Werner Herzog (Screenplay), Werner Herzog (Producer), Werner Herzog (Sound Recordist), Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus (Editor), Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein (Director of Photography)