Pestalozzi's Mountain (1989)
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.
- Released
- 1989-03-17
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Peter von Gunten, Lukas Hartmann
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 from 4 votes
Cast
- Gian Maria Volonté as Pestalozzi
- Rolf Hoppe as Zehender
- Heidi Züger as Mädi
- Christian Grashof as Zschokke
- Michael Gwisdek as Perrault
- Corinna Harfouch as Juliette Benoit
- Silvia Jost as Magd
- Angelica Ippolito as Anna Pestalozzi
- Peter Wyssbrod as Hofstetter
- Käthe Reichel as Alte Köchin
- Isolde Barth as Rosalia
- Mathias Gnädinger as Büttel