Heidi

Heidi

G 2015 · 111 min · ★ 7.3 · Adventure, Family, Drama

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.

Directed by Alain Gsponer · Written by Petra Biondina Volpe

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