Movie
Heidi
Released: October 15, 1937 (1937)
Runtime: 88 minutes
Genres: Drama, Family, Music
Heidi is orphaned and her uncaring maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with her reclusive, grumpy paternal grandfather, Adolph Kramer. Heidi brings her grandfather back into mountain society through her sweet ways and sheer love. When Dete later returns and steals Heidi away to become the companion of a rich man's wheelchair-bound daughter, the grandfather is heartsick to discover his little girl missing and immediately sets out to get her back.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Helen Westley as Blind Anna
Age at release: 62
- Mary Nash as Fraulein Rottenmeier
Age at release: 53
- Jean Hersholt as Adolph Kramer
Age at release: 51
- Arthur Treacher as Andrews
Age at release: 43
- Sidney Blackmer as Sesemann
Age at release: 42
- Thomas Beck as Pastor Schultz
Age at release: 27
- Pauline Moore as Elsa
Age at release: 23
- Marcia Mae Jones as Klara Sesemann
Age at release: 13
- Delmar Watson as Peter
Age at release: 11
- Shirley Temple as Heidi Kramer
Age at release: 9
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- Dorothy Vernon as Church Member (uncredited)
Age at release: 61
- Bodil Rosing as Village Woman (uncredited)
Age at release: 59
- Egon Brecher as Inn Keeper
Age at release: 57
- George Humbert as Organ Grinder
Age at release: 57
- Sig Ruman as Police Captain
Age at release: 53
- Christian Rub as Baker
Age at release: 51
- Mady Christians as Dete
Age at release: 45