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Pestalozzi's Mountain (1989)
Directed by Peter von Gunten
Overview
In the 1770s, Swiss farmer Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi established a school for poor orphaned children in the Aargau. Up to total exhaustion he sacrificed himself for his pedagogical theories. Five years later, the project of the idealistic educator failed after bloody attacks of the French. In retrospect, the disappointed Pestalozzi experiences the last few months with “his” children.
Length 119 minutes
Actors
Gian Maria Volonté | Rolf Hoppe | Heidi Züger | Christian Grashof | Michael Gwisdek | Corinna Harfouch | Silvia Jost | Angelica Ippolito | Peter Wyssbrod | Käthe Reichel | Isolde Barth | Mathias Gnädinger | Roger Jendly | Werner Riemann | Uli Eichenberger | Peter Freiburghaus | Heike Jonca | Norbert Klassen | Nikolas Lansky | Beatrice Palme | Karl-Ernst Sasse