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    Land of Silence and Darkness 1971 POSTER

    Land of Silence and Darkness

    1971

    German

    7.9

    ♡ 14

    86%

    88%

    acceptance

    Action

    deaf

    deaf-mute

    Documentary

    observational documentary

    social acceptance

    struggle for independence

    Werner Herzog Werner Herzog Director M. Baaske M. Baaske as Rolf Illig Rolf Illig as Narrator Fini Straubinger Fini Straubinger as Self Elsa Fehrer Elsa Fehrer as Self
    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.
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