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Mar 19, 1980 · Land of Silence and Darkness: Directed by Werner Herzog. With Fini Straubinger, M. Baaske, Elsa Fehrer, Heinrich Fleischmann. 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 ...
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- Werner Herzog
- 1980-03-19
"When you let go of my hand, it is as if we were a thousand miles apart".A documentary about 56 year-old Fini Straubinger, blind and deaf since her teens, wh...
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- Godburn
Land of Silence and Darkness -- Werner Herzog. Fini Straubinger, who went deaf and blind in her teens, takes a woman (deaf/blind since birth) up in an aeroplane for the first time.From...
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- Chichilatté
Werner Herzog examines the world of Fini Straubinger, a woman who uses her own conditions of blindness and deafness to call attention to others who are similarly afflicted.
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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.
Land of Silence and Darkness. Werner Herzog’s profound and deeply moving documentary about the experiences of a community of deaf-blind people. Documentary 1971 85 mins.
Casting a compassionate gaze on deaf and blind Germans in this early documentary, the intrepid filmmaker explores a land where radical relations of empathy and touch are paramount. Trailer Follow us on
