Pestalozzi's Mountain (1989)

6.5/10 119 min Drama

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.

Cast

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

Peter Freiburghaus

Heike Jonca

Nikolas Lansky

Beatrice Palme

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