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.

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 struggles living 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 final scene, a man examines a tree with his hands, and embraces it.

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