08 October 1971 Factual 85 mins
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.
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Rolf Illig as Voice
Werner Herzog Director
Werner Herzog Screenplay
Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus Editor
Werner Herzog Sound Recordist
Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein Director of Photography
Werner Herzog Producer
China 16 April 2026
Germany 08 October 1971
Netherlands 06 August 2006
United States 08 October 1973
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