''Pestalozzi's Mountain'' () is a 1989 East German–Swiss

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by Peter von Gunten. The film is a biopic about the life of Swiss educator

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (; ; ; 12 January 1746 – 17 February 1827) was a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer who exemplified Romanticism in his approach. He founded several educational institutions both in German- and French-speaking ...

. It was entered into the

39th Berlin International Film Festival The 39th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 February 1989. The Golden Bear was awarded to American film ''Rain Man'' directed by Barry Levinson. The retrospective was dedicated to German film producer Erich Pommer ...

Cast

Gian Maria Volonté Gian Maria Volonté (9 April 1933 – 6 December 1994) was an Italian actor and activist. He is best known for his roles in four Spaghetti Western films: Ramón Rojo in Sergio Leone's ''A Fistful of Dollars'' (1964), El Indio in Leone's ''For a ...

as Pestalozzi * Rolf Hoppe as Zehender * Heidi Züger as Mädi * Christian Grashof as Zschokke *

Michael Gwisdek Michael Gwisdek (14 January 1942 – 22 September 2020) was a German actor and film director. Career He began his acting career in East Germany and has appeared in more than 130 films and television shows since 1968. His debut film as a direct ...

as Perrault *

Corinna Harfouch Corinna Harfouch (; ; born 16 October 1954) is a German actress. Early life and education Harfouch was born in Suhl, East Germany, the daughter of the teacher Wolfgang Meffert and his wife Marianne (née Kleber). She worked as a nurse and stu ...

as Juliette Benoit * Silvia Jost as Magd * Angelica Ippolito as Anna * Peter Wyssbrod as Hofstetter *

Käthe Reichel Käthe or Kathe is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Käthe Dorsch (1890–1957), German actress * Käthe Gold (1907–1997), Austrian actress * Käthe Grasegger, later Deuschl (1917–2001), German alpine skier *Kathe Green ...

as Alte Köchin * Isolde Barth as Rosalia *

Mathias Gnädinger Mathias Gnädinger (25 March 1941 – 3 April 2015) was a Swiss stage and film actor. Career Initially a typesetter and typographer, Gnädinger began his acting training at the ''Bühnenstudio Zürich'' (now part of the Zurich University of ...

as Büttel * Roger Jendly as Kutscher * Leandra Zimmermann as Kathrin

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* 1989 films 1989 drama films 1980s biographical drama films East German films 1980s German-language films Films directed by Peter von Gunten Films set in the 1790s Biographical films about educators Swiss biographical drama films German biographical drama films Cultural depictions of Swiss people 1980s German films German-language biographical drama films {{Switzerland-film-stub