Summary Hans Castorp, fresh from university and about to become a civil engineer, comes to the Sanatorium Berghof in the Swiss Alps to visit his cousin Joachim, an army officer, who is recovering there from tuberculosis. Intending to remain at the Berghof for three weeks, Hans is gradually contaminated by the morbid atmosphere pervading the place. Wishing very much to be considered a patient like the others, he achieves his ends and stays in the sanatorium for ...seven years. During this time, he has enough time to take part in the furious philosophical debates pitting against each other Settembrini, a secular humanist, and Naphta, a totalitarian Jesuit. And to fall in love with the beautiful but enigmatic Clawdia Chauchat. When he is finally discharged in 1914 - along with all the other patients - it is only to plunge into the horrors of World War I. View more details
Directed : Hans W. Geissendörfer
Written : Thomas Mann Hans W. Geissendörfer
Stars : Rod Steiger Marie-France Pisier Flavio Bucci Werner Eichhorn
Genres : Drama
Release date : Aug 24, 1982
Countries of origin : Italy France Austria West Germany
Language : English German Russian Italian French
Filming locations : Chemin de la Source 3, Leysin, Canton de Vaud, Switzerland
Production companies : Gaumont France 3 Franz Seitz Filmproduktion
Summary Hans Castorp, fresh from university and about to become a civil engineer, comes to the Sanatorium Berghof in the Swiss Alps to visit his cousin Joachim, an army officer, who is recovering there from tuberculosis. Intending to remain at the Berghof for three weeks, Hans is gradually contaminated by the morbid atmosphere pervading the place. Wishing very much to be considered a patient like the others, he achieves his ends and stays in the sanatorium for ...seven years. During this time, he has enough time to take part in the furious philosophical debates pitting against each other Settembrini, a secular humanist, and Naphta, a totalitarian Jesuit. And to fall in love with the beautiful but enigmatic Clawdia Chauchat. When he is finally discharged in 1914 - along with all the other patients - it is only to plunge into the horrors of World War I. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Aug 24, 1982
Countries of origin : Italy France Austria West Germany
Language : English German Russian Italian French
Filming locations : Chemin de la Source 3, Leysin, Canton de Vaud, Switzerland
Production companies : Gaumont France 3 Franz Seitz Filmproduktion
