Land of Silence and Darkness

Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit
English Land of Silence and Darkness
Directed by Werner Herzog
Produced by Werner Herzog
Written by Werner Herzog
Starring Fini Straubinger
Narrated by Rolf Illig
Music by J.S. Bach, Vivaldi
Cinematography Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
Edited by Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Production
company
Referat für Filmgeschichte
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
Distributed by Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
Release date
  • 1971 (1971)
Running time
 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 finale scene, a man examines a tree with his hands, and embraces it.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hoberman, J. (December 1981). "Alien Landscapes, V. 26". Village Voice. New York. p. 66.

Further reading

  • Walsh, Gene (1979). Images at the Horizon: A Workshop with Werner Herzog, Conducted by Roger Ebert. Chicago. p. 22.


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