1989-03-17 • 1h 59m

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.

Directors

Peter von Gunten

Writters

Peter Schneider, Peter von Gunten

Editors

Peter Schneider, Peter von Gunten, Lotti Mehnert