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68% Critic Match

Heidi

Shirley's A Little Swiss Miss In The Loveliest Story of Her Career !

6.8 / 10 1937 1h 28mG English
DramaFamilyMusic

Storyline

Heidi is orphaned and her uncaring maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with her reclusive, grumpy paternal grandfather, Adolph Kramer. Heidi brings her grandfather back into mountain society through her sweet ways and sheer love. When Dete later returns and steals Heidi away to become the companion of a rich man's wheelchair-bound daughter, the grandfather is heartsick to discover his little girl missing and immediately sets out to get her back.

Cast & Crew

Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple

Heïdi Kramer

Lead
Jean Hersholt

Jean Hersholt

Adolph Kramer

Delmar Watson

Delmar Watson

Peter

Marcia Mae Jones

Marcia Mae Jones

Klara Sesemann

Arthur Treacher

Arthur Treacher

Andrews

Helen Westley

Helen Westley

Blind Anna

Thomas Beck

Thomas Beck

Pastor Schultz

Mary Nash

Mary Nash

Fraulein Rottenmeier

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Allan Dwan's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Heidi is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker