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69% Critic Match
Heidi
“Shirley's A Little Swiss Miss In The Loveliest Story of Her Career !”
6.9 / 10• 1937• 1h 28m•G• 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
Heïdi
Lead
Jean Hersholt
Adolph Kramer
Arthur Treacher
Andrews
Helen Westley
Blind Anna
Pauline Moore
Elsa
Thomas Beck
Pastor Schultz
Mary Nash
Fraulein Rottenmeier
Sidney Blackmer
Sesemann
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Allan Dwan's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Heidi is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
