Land of Silence and Darkness () 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. 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.

Land of Silence and Darkness

See also

1971 in film

Deafblindness

Tactile signing

List of films featuring the deaf and hard of hearing

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Further reading

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1971 films

1971 documentary films

German documentary films

West German films

1970s German-language films

German Sign Language films

Tactile signing-language films

Documentary films about blind people

Films directed by Werner Herzog

Documentary films about deaf people

1970s German films

Films about disability

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