Pestalozzi's Mountain

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.