Heidi 59 years old

After her mother's death, the five year old orphan Heidi is brought by her aunt to her grumpy grandfather Alp, who leads a hermit life in the beautiful Swiss mountains. Heidi's natural cheerfulness quickly brings renewed joy in grandfather Alps life. Heidi becomes friends with the goatherd Peter who is about the same age as her and spent two beautiful years in the pasture. But then she is sent by her aunt to Frankfurt in the house of Consul Sesemann where Heidi should get a proper education and upbringing. After some initial difficulties Heidi eventually adjusts to her new situation and makes friends with Clara, the paralyzed daughter of the consul. Only with the strict governess Miss Rottingmeier she keeps getting in trouble. Miss Rottingmeier clearly can not cope with the free and outdoors spirit of Heidi. But Heidi lets a fresh wind blow through the Sesemann house and even causes Clara to overcome her illness.

Credits

Eva Maria Singhammer as Heidi

Rudolf Prack as Pfarrer

Lotte Ledl as Tante Dete

Margarete Haagen as Großmama Sesemann

Rudolf Vogel as Butler Sebastian

Gustav Knuth as Alp Oehi

Heidi Cast

Name	Character
Eva Maria Singhammer	as Heidi
Rudolf Prack He was 60, 76 years old when he died	as Pfarrer
Lotte Ledl She was 35, now 94 years old	as Tante Dete
Margarete Haagen She was 75, 76 years old when she died	as Großmama Sesemann
Rudolf Vogel He was 64, 66 years old when he died	as Butler Sebastian
Gustav Knuth He was 64, 85 years old when he died	as Alp Oehi
Ernst Schröder He was 123, 60 years old when he died	as Konsul Alfred Sesemann
Michaela May She was 13, now 72 years old	as Klara Sesemann
Margot Trooger She was 42, 70 years old when she died	as Fräulein Rottenmeier
Jan Koester He was 11, now 70 years old	as Geissen-Peter

Heidi Crew

Name	Department
Werner Jacobs as Director. He was 56 (89) years old when He died	Directing

Heidi (59 years)

Release day: Friday, October 29, 1965