The Magic Mountain (1982 film)

1982 Austrian 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 (1982-02-25)

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.[1] 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

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* 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

## References

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1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.152

## Bibliography

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

## External links

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* The Magic Mountain at IMDb

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany
* France
* BnF data
* Israel

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