---
title: 'Pestalozzi''s Mountain (1989)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Peter von Gunten'
released: '1989-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 119
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'German Democratic Republic'
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Switzerland'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/pestalozzis-mountain-1989'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095856/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Pestalozzi's Mountain (1989)

1989 · 119 min · History · German Democratic Republic, Germany, Switzerland, Italy

Original title: Pestalozzis Berg

## Synopsis

Pestalozzi's Mountain is a 1989 drama film directed by Peter von Gunten. It is based on Lukas Hartmann’s novel Pestalozzis Berg and stars Gian Maria Volonté as the Swiss educator Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. The film focuses on a period of crisis in Pestalozzi’s life following the failure of his educational experiment and premiered in competition at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Peter von Gunten](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-von-gunten)
- **Screenplay:** [Peter von Gunten](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-von-gunten), [Peter Schneider](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-schneider)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Heinz Reber](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-reber)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jürgen Lenz](https://cinepixo.com/people/jurgen-lenz)
- **Editor:** [Lotti Mehnert](https://cinepixo.com/people/lotti-mehnert)

## Cast

- [Mathias Gnädinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/mathias-gnadinger)
- [Karl-Ernst Sasse](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-ernst-sasse)
- [Angelica Ippolito](https://cinepixo.com/people/angelica-ippolito)
- [Isolde Barth](https://cinepixo.com/people/isolde-barth)
- [Norbert Franz Klassen](https://cinepixo.com/people/norbert-franz-klassen)
- [Rolf Hoppe](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolf-hoppe)
- [Roger Jendly](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-jendly)
- [Christian Grashof](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-grashof)
- [Michael Gwisdek](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-gwisdek)
- [Winfried Wagner](https://cinepixo.com/people/winfried-wagner)
- [Käthe Reichel](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathe-reichel)
- [Peter Freiburghaus](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-freiburghaus)
- [Heidi Züger](https://cinepixo.com/people/heidi-zuger)
- [Gian Maria Volonte](https://cinepixo.com/people/gian-maria-volonte)
- [Heike Jonca](https://cinepixo.com/people/heike-jonca)

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