Pestalozzi's Mountain

Pestalozzi's Mountain (1989)

Pestalozzis Berg

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.

Date of release
1989-03-17
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 59m
Genres
Drama
Director
Peter von Gunten

Casting

Interesting facts

Pestalozzi's Mountain is a 1989 drama film directed by Peter von Gunten. It is based on Lukas Hartmann’s novel Pestalozzis Berg and stars Gian Maria Volonté as the Swiss educator Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. The film focuses on a period of crisis in Pestalozzi’s life following the failure of his educational experiment and premiered in competition at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.

Production

The film was a co-production between East Germany and Switzerland.

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