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Land of Silence and Darkness

MOVIE • 1971

Land of Silence and Darkness

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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.

TMDB ★ 3.8/5Votes: 78
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Top Cast

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Fini Straubinger

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Heinrich Fleischmann

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Vladimir Kokol

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M. Baaske

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Resi Mittermeier

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Rolf Illig

Voice

Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog

Screenplay

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Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus

Editor

Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein

Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein

Director of Photography

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Status

Released

Release

October 8, 1971

Runtime

85 min

Language

German

Origin

Germany

Budget

N/A

Revenue

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