Pestalozzi's Mountain
5.4
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.
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Cast
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Gian Maria Volonté
Pestalozzi
Known for
A Fistful of Dollars
For a Few Dollars More
Rolf Hoppe
Zehender
Known for
Three Wishes for Cinderella
Mephisto
Hans Brockmann
Also in
Berlin Chamissoplatz
Jürgen Lenz
Lukas Hartmann
Peter von Gunten
Heidi Züger
Mädi
Known for
Berlin Blues
Lotti Mehnert
Fritz Buttenstedt
Christian Grashof
Zschokke
Also in
Visiting Van Gogh
Axel the Hero
Peter Schneider
Known for
Dark
Naked Among Wolves
Peter Hellstern
Peter von Gunten Director · Lukas Hartmann Screenplay Peter Schneider Writer
First release February 15, 1989 · Produced in XG, Germany, Italy, Switzerland · Production Stella Film, Ellepi Films
Production
Praesens-Film
Production · Distribution
Stella Film
Production
Ellepi Films
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
DEFA
Production
Praesens-Film AG
Production
Schweizer Fernsehen (FS)
Production
XG · Germany · Italy · Switzerland
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Languages
Original title
Pestalozzis Berg
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · February 15, 1989
Premiere
Germany · March 17, 1989
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Italy
May 1, 1989 · Trento Film Festival
Switzerland
August 1, 1989 · Locarno Film Festival
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