Heidi, Girl of the Alps

Heidi, Girl of the Alps

7.8

Mar 17 1979

2h 47m

Animation, Family, Adventure

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.

Kazuko Sugiyama

Kazuko Sugiyama

Heidi

Kohei Miyauchi

Kohei Miyauchi

Alm-Ohi

Yoshiaki Nemoto

Yoshiaki Nemoto

The Doctor

Hiroko Maruyama

Hiroko Maruyama

Peter

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