Fini Straubinger, Heinrich Fleischmann, Vladimir Kokol, Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog lenses this documentary about 56-year-old Fini Straubinger, who was blind and deaf since her late teens and confined to her bed by her mother for three decades before fighting to overcom...( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 5, 2005
Stats: 54 reviews
Herzog has a knack for documentaries. His point of view isn't always aesthetic, but it is almost always poignant and powerful. Fini Straubinger's story is reminiscent of Helen Keller, a blind and deaf woman who overcame her disabilities and became a living testament to the powe...( read more)
Land of Silence and Darkness (Land der Stille und Finsternis)
Directed by Werner Herzog
West Germany 1970-71, 16mm, color, 85 min.
With Fini Straubinger, Heinrich Fleischmann, Vladimir Kokol
German with English subtitles
Werner Herzog's third feature film is a life-affir...( read more)
Werner Herzog has a great taste for his documentaries. A really astonishing subject, interesting and extremely depressing. Suffers a bit from the sentimentalism with the music, but on the whole it's still formidable.
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