Land of Silence and Darkness

1971 · directed by Werner Herzog

Rating

81/100

Hit

yes

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.

Land of Silence and Darkness (1971), directed by Werner Herzog, rates 81/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Fini Straubinger
• Heinrich Fleischmann
• Vladimir Kokol
• M. Baaske
• Resi Mittermeier
• Rolf Illig

Crew

• Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein — Director of Photography
• Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus — Editor
• Werner Herzog — Screenplay

More from Werner Herzog

1. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) — 98/100 · hit
2. Lessons of Darkness (1992) — 88/100 · TV film, not counted
3. Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) — 84/100 · hit
4. Stroszek (1977) — 83/100 · hit
5. Grizzly Man (2005) — 82/100 · hit
6. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) — 81/100 · hit

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