The Magic Mountain (1982 film)

The Magic Mountain
Directed by	Hans W. Geißendörfer
Written by	Thomas Mann Hans W. Geissendörfer
Produced by	Francesco Casali Wolfgang Patzschke Renzo Rossellini Franz Seitz
Starring	Christoph Eichhorn Marie-France Pisier Rod Steiger Charles Aznavour
Cinematography	Michael Ballhaus
Edited by	Helga Borsche Peter Przygodda
Music by	Jürgen Knieper
Production companies	France 3 Franz Seitz Filmproduktion Gaumont Iduna Film Produktiongesellschaft Opera Film Produzione Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen Österreichischer Rundfunk
Distributed by	United Artists (West Germany) Gaumont (France)
Release date	25 February 1982
Running time	153 minutes
Countries	Austria Italy France West Germany
Language	German

The Magic Mountain (German: Der Zauberberg) is a 1982 drama film directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer and starring Christoph Eichhorn, Rod Steiger and Marie-France Pisier. An adaptation of Thomas Mann's 1924 novel The Magic Mountain, it was made as a co-production between Austria, Italy, France and West Germany.

It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and at a variety of locations, many of them in Switzerland. The sets were designed by the art directors Heidi Lüdi and Toni Lüdi.

Cast

• Christoph Eichhorn as Hans Castorp
• Marie-France Pisier as Claudia Chauchat
• Rod Steiger as Mynheer Peperkorn
• Charles Aznavour as Naphta
• Flavio Bucci as Ludovico Settembrini
• Hans Christian Blech as Hofrat Dr. Behrens
• Alexander Radszun as Joachim Ziemssen
• Margot Hielscher as Karoline Stöhr
• Gudrun Gabriel as Fräulein Marusja
• Irm Hermann as Fräulein Engelhart
• Ann Zacharias as Fräulein Elly
• Rolf Zacher as Herr Wehsal
• Kurt Raab as Dr. Edhin Krokowski
• Leslie Malton as Hermine Kleefeld
• Helmut Griem as James Tienappel

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• The Magic Mountain at IMDb