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.
Release Date | October 8, 1971 | |
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Status | Released | |
Original Title | Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit | |
Runtime | 1h 25min | |
Budget | — | |
Revenue | — | |
Language | German | |
Original Language | German | |
Production Countries | Germany | |
Production Companies | Werner Herzog FilmproduktionReferat für Filmgeschichte |