Heidi
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Heidi

7.2 / 10 2015 1h 51mG German
AdventureFamilyDrama

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Anuk Steffen

Anuk Steffen

Heidi

Lead
Bruno Ganz

Bruno Ganz

Alpöhi

Quirin Agrippi

Quirin Agrippi

Geissenpeter

Isabelle Ottmann

Isabelle Ottmann

Klara Sesemann

Katharina Schüttler

Katharina Schüttler

Miss Rottenmeier

Maxim Mehmet

Maxim Mehmet

Mr. Sesemann

Hannelore Hoger

Hannelore Hoger

Grandmother Sesemann

Jella Haase

Jella Haase

Tinette

What People Are Saying

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