Shirley Temple wasn't even ten years old when she starred in this rather enjoyable adaptation of the timeless Johanna Spyri tale. She is the eponymous young girl sent to live on the mountain with her solitary grandfather (Jean Hersholt). Original unimpressed by this arrangement, she gradually manages to wear down the old man and soon has him eating out of her hands. Suddenly, though, she is whisked away to the…
Shirley's A Little Swiss Miss In The Loveliest Story of Her Career !
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.
Top Cast
Shirley Temple
Heïdi
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
Mady Christians
Dete
Marcia Mae Jones
Klara Sesemann
Delmar Watson
Peter
Egon Brecher
Inn Keeper
George Humbert
Organ Grinder
Sig Ruman
Police Captain
Christian Rub
Baker
Bodil Rosing
Village Woman (uncredited)
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What is Heidi about?
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…
When was Heidi released?
Heidi was released in 1937.
What genres does Heidi belong to?
Heidi is categorised as Drama, Family, Music.
Who stars in Heidi?
The cast of Heidi includes Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt, Arthur Treacher, Helen Westley, Pauline Moore.