The Land of Silence and Darkness
Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit, documentary, 1971
DIRECTED BY: Werner Herzog
SCRIPT:
Werner Herzog
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
Synopsis:
The heroine of this documentary is Fini Straubinger, a deaf and blind woman. Although handicapped, she dedicates her life to helping people with same difficulties. The film describes the battle of a deaf and blind person to accept and understand the world from which she is completely isolated.
color, 85 min