Released:
1989-03-17

Overview:
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.

Director:
Peter von Gunten

Runtime:
1h 59min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Gian Maria Volonté
  as
  Pestalozzi
• 
  Rolf Hoppe
  as
  Zehender
• 
  Heidi Züger
  as
  Mädi
• 
  Christian Grashof
  as
  Zschokke
• 
  Michael Gwisdek
  as
  Perrault