Heidi

Heidi
  • Release date: 29 Oct 1965
  • Release year: 1965
  • Runtime: 95 minutes
  • Country: Austria
  • Keywords: hillside, domestic animal, goat, idyllic setting, clean air, homesick child, swiss alps, character name as title, childhood, alps
Plot:
German director Werner Jacobs' 1965 drama Heidi stars Eva Maria Singhammer in the title role of a young girl who happily resides in a quaint mountain chalet with her kindly grandfather (Gustav Knuth). When Heidi is taken by her aunt to live in Frankfort and help Klara (Michaela May), a wealthy man's crippled daughter, she finds herself under the constant watchful eye of a cold and aloof governess and grows to miss her grandfather terribly. Fortunately, as Heidi works to raise Klara's spirits, the two form a strong bond with one another. Adapted from the novel by Johanna Spyri.
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