movie

1979 · Japan

The Story of Heidi

Tonight at a glance

Runtime: 107 min
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Why tonight?

In Japanese — subtitles on.

The story

Heidi is five years old when her aunt Dete, who has raised Heidi since her parents' deaths four years earlier, takes the orphaned Heidi to live with her formidable grandfather in the Swiss Alps. The American feature-length adaptation of Heidi (1974), the Japanese anime series produced by Zuiyo Eizo.

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The bill

Terue Nunami — Großmutter
Taeko Nakanishi — Aunt Dete
Keiko Han — Clara Sesemann
Hisako Kyoda — Miss Rottenmeier
Kaneta Kimotsuki — Sebastian
Taimei Suzuki — Mr. Sesemann
Miyoko Asou — Grandmamma
Takako Kondou — Brigette
Mitsuo Senda — Johann

Directed: Isao Takahata
Written: Yoshiaki Yoshida, Mamoru Sasaki, Hisao Ohkawa

Production

Rating: 7.8 / 10 · 141 ratings

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