Pestalozzi's Mountain

(1989)

★ 6.5 IMDb · 4 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1989

Runtime: 119 мин

Country: East Germany, Germany

Director: Peter von Gunten

Cast: Gian Maria Volonté, Рольф Хоппе, Heidi Züger, Christian Grashof, Michael Gwisdek, Коринна Арфуш, Silvia Jost, Angelica Ippolito, Peter Wyssbrod, Käthe Reichel

Plot

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.