Land of Silence and Darkness

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Land of Silence and Darkness

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.

Original Title

Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit

Release Date

1971-10-08

Year

1971

Duration

1h 25m

Status

Released

Score

7.40

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