Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit

Mar 19 1980 Not Rated 1h 25m
Documentary

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.

Plot

Through examining Fini Straubinger, an old woman who has been deaf and blind since adolescence, and her work on behalf of other deaf and blind people, this film shows how the deaf and blind struggle to understand and accept a world from which they are almost wholly isolated.

Written by

Werner Herzog

Directed by

Werner Herzog

Cast

Fini Straubinger, M. Baaske, Elsa Fehrer

Crew

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Production Countries

Germany

Production Companies

Referat für Filmgeschichte, Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

Languages

Deutsch

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
3,324
Average Rating
7.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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