The Magic Mountain ( 1982 )

Overview

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.

Top Cast

Christoph Eichhorn

Hans Castorp

Marie-France Pisier

Clawdia Chauchat

Flavio Bucci

Ludovico Settembrini

Charles Aznavour

Naphta

Rod Steiger

Mynher Peperkorn

Hans Christian Blech

Hofrat Behrens

Alexander Radszun

Joachim Ziemßen

Margot Hielscher

Frau Stöhr

Gudrun Gabriel

Frl. Marusja

Ann Zacharias

Frl. Elly

Irm Hermann

Frl. Engelhart

Kurt Raab

Dr. Krokowski

Helmut Griem

James Tienappel

Rolf Zacher

Herr Wehsal

Buddy Elias

Herr Wiedemann

Johanna Karl-Lory

Olga

Ah Yue Lou

Dr. Ting Fu

Leslie Malton

Hermine Kleefeld

Tilo Prückner

Lehrer Popow

Erika Skrotzki

Oberin Mylendonk

Lotti Huber

Patientin

Narziß Sokatscheff

Miklosisch