Heidi

• 6.8 Drama
• 1937-10-15
• 88 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Shirley Temple (Heidi Kramer) Jean Hersholt (Adolph Kramer) Arthur Treacher (Andrews) Helen Westley (Blind Anna) Thomas Beck (Pastor Schultz) Mary Nash (Fraulein Rottenmeier) Sidney Blackmer (Sesemann) Pauline Moore (Elsa) Marcia Mae Jones (Klara Sesemann) Mady Christians (Dete)

Director:

Allan Dwan

Writer:

Walter Ferris Walter Ferris Julien Josephson