Complete credited cast: | |||
Shirley Temple | ... | Heidi | |
Jean Hersholt | ... | Adolph Kramer / Grandfather | |
Arthur Treacher | ... | Andrews | |
Helen Westley | ... | Blind Anna | |
Thomas Beck | ... | Pastor Schultz | |
Mary Nash | ... | Fraulein Rottenmeier | |
Sidney Blackmer | ... | Herr Sesemann | |
Pauline Moore | ... | Elsa | |
Mady Christians | ... | Dete | |
Marcia Mae Jones | ... | Klara Sesemann | |
Delmar Watson | ... | Peter | |
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Egon Brecher | ... | Inn Keeper |
Christian Rub | ... | Baker | |
George Humbert | ... | Organ Grinder | |
Sig Ruman | ... | Police Captain (as Sig Rumann) |
Eight-year-old Heidi is orphaned and her selfish maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with Adolph Kramer, her grumpy, old, outcast, survivalist paternal grandfather. Heidi brings her grandfather back into mountain society through her angelic ways, sheer love, and adorable personality. When Aunt Dete steals Heidi away to be the companion of a rich man's invalid daughter, the grandfather is enraged and sets out to get her back. Back in Frankfurt, loved and adored by everyone she touches except the villainous housekeeper, Fraulein Rottenmeier, she thrives but is inwardly very sad and lonely. No matter what anyone tells her, Heidi, with faith, hope, and the stubbornness she inherited from her grandfather, knows that some day she will be reunited with the him and the beloved people of the mountain's little village. Written by Terry Ann Smulen
As my grandmother will tell you, when I was little I loved this movie. It basically started my love of movies, especially old ones. It also was why I idolized Shirley Temple when I was little.
What's not to love about this movie? Although it is slightly cheesy, it's an incredibly sweet movie that, today, never fails to make me cry! It also has its funny points. I always loved the part where Heidi and Klara steal the organ grinder's monkey. The choas it causes in the house is incredible!