Land of Silence and Darkness 1971

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Topic: Film "Land of Silence and Darkness" (1971).
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Title: Land of Silence and Darkness (German: Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit).
Year: 1971.
Genre: Documentary.
Director/Writer/Producer: Werner Herzog.
Subject: Fini Straubinger, an old woman who has been deaf and blind since her teens.
Plot/Theme: Examines her work on behalf of other deaf-blind people; shows how deaf-blind people struggle to understand and accept a world from which they are almost wholly isolated; examines how they perceive the world with their other senses.
Language: German.
Runtime: 1h 25m.
US Release Date: 10/08/1973.
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Land of Silence and Darkness is a 1971 documentary film. The film was written, directed, and produced by Werner Herzog. Titled in German as Land des