Heidi
  • motion picture
  • 1h 43m

Heidi

  • 2001
  • Director Markus Imboden

Heidi, a little girl, experiences the death of her mother. Now an orphan, she is taken to stay with her grandfather, a mysterious hermit known as the Mountain Man. He is not at all enthusiastic about his new grandfather role. But the young Heidi gradually manages to win him over. Then she has to leave him and move to Berlin to live with her aunt Dete, whose difficult daughter Clara needs a companion. The grandfather is left behind in sorrow. Clara does not like her new "little sister" at all. Heidi cannot stand Clara's attacks and runs off alone into the unknown city. She has but one goal in mind: to get back to her grandfather. But her attempt to escape fails. After that Clara at least starts to show her some respect. Heidi supports Clara and convinces Dete to take her daughter to a concert of her favourite band. Dete forgets all about the concert. The same evening Heidi takes the train to Switzerland, back to her grandfather. Clara is deeply disappointed by her mother and tries to follow Heidi. Dete finally finds the despairing Clara lonely on a platform at the train station. At last mother and daughter find a way to communicate with each other. Dete decides to take better care of her daughter, nevertheless they do need and love each other. Heidi arrives at her grandfather's. He is overjoyed to have her back with him.

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With Paolo Villaggio, Marianne Denicourt, Cornelia Gröschel, Nadine Fano, Aaron Arens, Valentine Varela, Sabina Schneebeli, Andrea Zogg
Heidi

Synopsis

Heidi, a little girl, experiences the death of her mother. Now an orphan, she is taken to stay with her grandfather, a mysterious hermit known as the Mountain Man. He is not at all enthusiastic about his new grandfather role. But the young Heidi gradually manages to win him over. Then she has to leave him and move to Berlin to live with her aunt Dete, whose difficult daughter Clara needs a companion. The grandfather is left behind in sorrow.

Clara does not like her new "little sister" at all. Heidi cannot stand Clara's attacks and runs off alone into the unknown city. She has but one goal in mind: to get back to her grandfather. But her attempt to escape fails. After that Clara at least starts to show her some respect. Heidi supports Clara and convinces Dete to take her daughter to a concert of her favourite band. Dete forgets all about the concert.

The same evening Heidi takes the train to Switzerland, back to her grandfather. Clara is deeply disappointed by her mother and tries to follow Heidi. Dete finally finds the despairing Clara lonely on a platform at the train station. At last mother and daughter find a way to communicate with each other. Dete decides to take better care of her daughter, nevertheless they do need and love each other. Heidi arrives at her grandfather's. He is overjoyed to have her back with him.

Details

Start
23.03.2001 German-speaking Switzerland
23.03.2001 French-speaking Switzerland
Duration
1h 43m
Format
35mm, Dolby SRD, 1:1.85, Farbe
Distribution Switzerland
VEGA Distribution AG, Zurich
Production
Vega Film AG, in Koproduktion mit La Television Suisse Romande (TSR), Avventura Films, Paris mit der Unterstützung von SRG SSR Idée Suisse, Bundesamt für Kultur des EDI, Stadt und Kanton Zürich, Succès Cinema

Credits

Director
Markus Imboden
Script
Jasmine Hoch & Martin Hennig
Producer
Ruth Waldburger, Philippe Berthet, Raymond Vouillamoz
Cast
Paolo Villaggio, Marianne Denicourt, Cornelia Gröschel, Nadine Fano, Aaron Arens, Valentine Varela, Sabina Schneebeli, Andrea Zogg
Photography
Peter Indergand S.C.S.
Editing
Bernhard Lehner
Sound
Benjamin Schubert, Corinna Zink
Music
Niki Reiser
Art direction
Susanne Jauch, Martina Brünner
Costumes
Claudia Flütsch
Versions
D/e; D; F