
71 minutes
1/1/1958
This movie is about one summer holiday in the life of the famous children's book character Heidi, the orphan girl who lives with her grandfather (whom Heidi, like everybody else including the cast list, calls "Alm Uncle") on the outskirts of a small village in the Alps. Heidi has a gift of three carved wooden figures made by a craftsman neighbour: Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar. However, rather than gold, frankincense, and myrrh, her grandfather and the village doctor gradually teach Heidi the idea that the gifts they bring are faith, charity and hope.

Sandy Descher
as Heidi

Douglas Fowley
as Alm Uncle
Van Dyke Parks
as Peter

Peter Capell
as Doc
Erik Jeide
as Ernst

Rolf Wanka
as Mr. Binder
Oswald Ursteins
as Carlo
Susan Sainio
as Clara
Karin Röse
as Louise
Harold Benedict
as Don

Clancy Cooper
as Dr. Roth
Paul McClintock
as Gen. Manby
Hap Hanson
as Col. Porter
C. Fowler
as Capt. McBee
Edwin Anderson
as Lt. Williams
Wadsworth Likely
as Sgt. Cory
Ted Mitchell
as Pilot
Dean Jackson
as Radio Operator