| Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit | |||||
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| Director: | Werner Herzog | ||||
| Producer: | Werner Herzog | ||||
| Starring: | Fini Straubinger | ||||
| Music: | J.S. Bach, Vivaldi | ||||
| Cinematography: | Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein | ||||
| Editing: | Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus | ||||
| Distributor: | Werner Herzog Filmproduktion | ||||
| Runtime: | 85 minutes | ||||
| Country: | West Germany | ||||
| Language: | German, German Sign Language | ||||
Land of Silence and Darkness (German: '''Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit''') is a 1971 documentary film about deaf-blind people and their experience of life. The film was written, directed, and produced by Werner Herzog. Rolf Illig provided narration.
Herzog follows Fini Straubinger, a German woman who became deaf-blind early in life, as she visits with other deaf-blind people, and discusses their struggle to live in the modern world.[1] In one scene from the film, the filmmakers visit a home for boys who were born deaf-blind, in another, Fini Straubinger and her friends ride in an aeroplane. In the final scene, a man examines a tree with his hands, and embraces it.