An orphan with killer side-eye and mountain drip teaches grumpy grandpas how to feel again.
Heidi is a happy, outgoing orphan who lives with her grandfather in the idyllic scenery of the Swiss Alps. Heidi makes friends quickly and people know they can always rely on her for help. She loves the freedom of life in the mountains, but she also learns how to take on responsibility. Her cheerful nature helps to show others how to handle the challenges of everyday life and still be happy. Heidi’s honesty and natural charm inspires both courage and a joy of life in everyone she meets.
Production
Swiss Alps animation so lush you'll smell pine.
Acting
Lara Wurmer's voice work is pure unfiltered serotonin.
Director
Alan Simpson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht, voice of Peter, was already a teen heartthrob in Germany—his casting was basically alpine boy-band fan service.
This 2005 adaptation rode the wave of European co-productions trying to reclaim Heidi from American kitsch, hence the aggressively Swiss aesthetic.
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