Land of Silence and Darkness (Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit) 53 years old

Land of Silence and Darkness

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.

Credits

Land of Silence and Darkness Cast

Name Character
Werner Herzog He was 31, now 82 years old
Fini Straubinger

Land of Silence and Darkness Crew

Name Department
Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein as Director of Photography. He was 34 (now 85) years old Camera
Land of Silence and Darkness poster
Land of Silence and Darkness (53 years)

  • Release day: Friday, October 08, 1971
  • Runtime: 85 minutes