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Pestalozzi's Mountain

Pestalozzi's Mountain

1989 · 119 min · ★ 6.5 · Drama

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.

Directed by Peter von Gunten · Written by Lukas Hartmann

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