Poster for the movie Land of Silence and Darkness

Land of Silence and Darkness

1971 • 85 minutes
Documentary

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.

Picture of Fini Straubinger

Fini Straubinger

Picture of Heinrich Fleischmann

Heinrich Fleischmann

Picture of Vladimir Kokol

Vladimir Kokol

Picture of M. Baaske

M. Baaske

Picture of Resi Mittermeier

Resi Mittermeier

Picture of Rolf Illig

Rolf Illig

Voice