Land of Silence and Darkness

1971 NR 1h 25m 7.9

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...

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.

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Studio(s): Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Referat für Filmgeschichte

Originally Released: United States on Oct 08, 1973

Genres: Documentary