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Original title

Pestalozzis Berg

Year

1989

Running time

110 min.

Country

Germany - East Germany (GDR)

Director

Peter von Gunten

Screenwriter

Peter von Gunten, Peter Schneider. Novel: Lukas Hartmann

Cast

Music

Heinz Reber

Cinematography

Jürgen Lenz

Producer

Co-production Germany - East Germany (GDR)-Switzerland-Italy-Germany - West Germany (FRG);

Deutsche Film (DEFA), Ellepi, Praesens Film

Genre

War. Drama | Biography

Synopsis

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.

Awards: 1989: Berlin Film Festival: Official Selection

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Pestalozzis Berg

1989

Peter von Gunten