Overview
Heidi, is an eight-year-old Swiss orphan who is given by her aunt to her mountain-dwelling grandfather. She is then stolen back by her aunt from her grandfather to live in the wealthy Sesemann household in Frankfurt, Germany as a companion to Klara, a sheltered, disabled girl in a wheelchair. Heidi is unhappy but makes the best of the situation, always longing for her grandfather.
Fun facts
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Box office
Made on a $8.8M budget
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Based on
Based on Heidi
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Setting
Set in Germany and Switzerland
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Music
Music by Niki Reiser
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Matthias Fleischer
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Johanna SpyriNovel
- Petra Biondina VolpeWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 10, 2015
- Original language
- German
- Budget
- $8.8M
- Countries
- Germany, Switzerland
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In the United States
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Cast
Anuk SteffenHeidi
Bruno GanzAlpöhi
Quirin AgrippiGeissenpeter
Isabelle OttmannKlara Sesemann
Katharina SchüttlerMiss Rottenmeier
Maxim MehmetMr. Sesemann
Hannelore HogerGrandmother Sesemann
Jella HaaseTinette
Anna SchinzDete
Peter LohmeyerSebastian
Lilian NaefBarbel
Monica GubserGrandmother
Peter JecklinPastor
Christoph GauglerHerdsman
Rebecca IndermaurGeissenpeterin
Marietta JemmiWoman in the village
Michael KranzMr. Kandidat
Markus HeringDoctor- Arthur BühlerVillager
- Laura ParkerMarket woman
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