The Magic Mountain
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.
Year: 1984
Genre: Drama
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Studio: ZDF
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Cast: Christoph Eichhorn, Rod Steiger, Marie-France Pisier
Crew: Thomas Mann (Novel), Hans W. Geißendörfer (Director), Michael Ballhaus (Director of Photography)
First Air Date: Apr 15, 1984
Last Air date: Apr 20, 1984
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 3 Episode
Runtime: 26 minutes
IMDb: 10.00/10 by 1.00 users
Popularity: 1.632
Language: German
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