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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Gian Maria VolontéPestalozzi
Rolf HoppeZehender
Heidi ZügerMädi
Christian GrashofZschokke
Michael GwisdekPerrault
Corinna HarfouchJuliette Benoit
Silvia JostMagd
Angelica IppolitoAnna Pestalozzi
Peter WyssbrodHofstetter
Käthe ReichelAlte Köchin
Isolde BarthRosalia
Mathias GnädingerBüttelExplore the crew
- Director
- Peter von Gunten
- Screenplay
- Lukas Hartmann
- Writer
- Peter von Gunten
- Writer
- Peter Schneider
- Editor
- Lotti Mehnert