Pestalozzis Berg
1989 · Movie · 110 min. · Germany - East Germany (GDR)
It is difficult these days to imagine that elementary school education was instituted by anyone at all. In fact, Swiss experimental educator Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827) laid the groundwork for universal elementary school education and developed many of the educational theories and techniques in use even in the present day. This film focuses on a critical period in Pestalozzi's development of his educational theories, when he was running a boarding school in a disused convent for impoverished village children in the French part of Switzerland.
Direction Peter von Gunten
Cast Gian Maria Volonté · Rolf Hoppe · Heidi Züger · Christian Grashof · Michael Gwisdek · Corinna Harfouch · Silvia Jost · Angelica Ippolito · Peter Wyssbrod · Käthe Reichel · Isolde Barth · Mathias Gnädinger · Roger Jendly · Leandra Zimmermann · Timo Kuhn · Adrian Tanner
Soundtrack Heinz Reber
Screenplay Peter von Gunten · Peter Schneider · Lukas Hartmann
Cinematography Jürgen Lenz
Original title Pestalozzis Berg
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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