Heidi is a Disney Channel Original Movie based on the 1880 book of the same name by Johanna Spyri. It is about an orphan girl named Heidi who is sent by her Aunt Dete to live with her grumpy grandfather in a log cabin in the Alps. Together they learn to get along and Heidi makes friends with a boy named Peter and his grandmother. One day Aunt Dete takes her away from her home and sends her to Frankfurt to be with a girl in a wheelchair named Clara.
Synopsis[ ]
In the beginning in the log cabin, Grandfather has a bad temper and a fight with his son getting married to his wife with a baby named Heidi and kicks them out during a thunderstorm. A short time later lighting strikes the tree and kills both of Heidi's parents but she survives and Grandfather is saddened by the loss of his son. Twelve years later Heidi goes to live with her Aunt Dete, who sends her to live with Grandfather in the Alps. After Aunt Dete arrives she talks to Grandfather who argues with her saying that he doesn't want Heidi around. Then she leaves her with him who has to learn to get along with her.
Cast of Characters[ ]
- Noley Thornton as Heidi
- Jason Robards as Grandfather
- Jane Seymour as Fraulein Rottenmeier
- Jane Hazlegrove as Cousin Dete
- Ben Brazier as Peter
- Lexi Randall as Clara
- Patricia Neal as Grandmother
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