Film

Pestalozzi's Mountain

1989 · 1h 59m · Drama

IMDb

5.3

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.

Gian Maria Volonté

Pestalozzi

Rolf Hoppe

Zehender

Heidi Züger

Mädi

Christian Grashof

Zschokke

Michael Gwisdek

Perrault

Corinna Harfouch

Juliette Benoit

Silvia Jost

Magd

Angelica Ippolito

Anna Pestalozzi

Peter Wyssbrod

Hofstetter

Käthe Reichel

Alte Köchin

Isolde Barth

Rosalia

Mathias Gnädinger

Büttel

Roger Jendly

Werner Riemann

Uli Eichenberger

Peter Freiburghaus

• Peter von GuntenDirector · Writer
• Lukas HartmannScreenplay · Novel
• Peter SchneiderWriter
• Lotti MehnertEditor

Release date

March 17, 1989

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 59m

Genres

Drama