Land of Silence and Darkness
Oct 08 1971
•1h 25m
•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.
Cast
See all
Fini Straubinger
Heinrich Fleischmann
Vladimir Kokol
M. Baaske
Recommendations
See all
Crumb
This movie chronicles the life and times of R. Crumb. Robert Crumb is the cartoonist/artist who drew Keep On Truckin', Fritz the Cat, and played a major pioneering role in the genesis of underground comix. Through interviews with his mother, two brothers, wife, and ex-girlfriends, as well as selections from his vast quantity of graphic art, we are treated to a darkly comic ride through one man's subconscious mind.
Pappa ante Portas
After ordering enough typewriting paper for 40 years, just to get discount, Heinrich Lohse is forced to retire.
The Gleaners and I
Varda focuses her eye on gleaners: those who scour already-reaped fields for the odd potato or turnip. Her investigation leads from forgotten corners of the French countryside to off-hours at the green markets of Paris, following those who insist on finding a use for that which society has cast off, whether out of necessity or activism.
Even Dwarfs Started Small
A group of tormented patients stage a coup at an oppressive, dismal asylum after they're not allowed out on an excursion.