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The Magic Mountain (1982 film)

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The Magic Mountain
Directed byHans W. Geißendörfer
Written byThomas Mann
Hans W. Geissendörfer
Produced byFrancesco Casali
Wolfgang Patzschke
Renzo Rossellini
Franz Seitz
StarringChristoph Eichhorn
Marie-France Pisier
Rod Steiger
Charles Aznavour
CinematographyMichael Ballhaus
Edited byHelga Borsche
Peter Przygodda
Music byJürgen Knieper
Production
companies
France 3
Franz Seitz Filmproduktion
Gaumont
Iduna Film Produktiongesellschaft
Opera Film Produzione
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
Österreichischer Rundfunk
Distributed byUnited Artists (West Germany)
Gaumont (France)
Release date
  • 25 February 1982 (1982-02-25)
Running time
153 minutes
CountriesAustria
Italy
France
West Germany
LanguageGerman

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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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.
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