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Film · Animation, Family, Adventure

The Story of Heidi (1979)

★ 7.8 · 142 votes1 h 47 minAnimation, Family, Adventure1979

Heidi is five years old when her aunt Dete, who has raised Heidi since her parents' deaths four years earlier, takes the orphaned Heidi to live with her formidable grandfather in the Swiss Alps. The American feature-length adaptation of Heidi (1974), the Japanese anime series produced by Zuiyo Eizo.

Director
Isao Takahata
Writers
Mamoru Sasaki, Hisao Ohkawa, Yoshiaki Yoshida
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
Release date
March 17, 1979
Original title
アルプスの少女ハイジ

The Story of Heidi was released on March 17, 1979.

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The Story of Heidi cast

  • Kazuko SugiyamaHeidi
  • Kohei MiyauchiAlm-Ohi
  • Yoshiaki NemotoThe Doctor
  • Hiroko MaruyamaPeter
  • Terue NunamiGroßmutter
  • Taeko NakanishiAunt Dete
  • Keiko HanClara Sesemann
  • Hisako KyodaMiss Rottenmeier
  • Kaneta KimotsukiSebastian
  • Taimei SuzukiMr. Sesemann
  • Miyoko AsouGrandmamma
  • Takako KondouBrigette
  • Mitsuo SendaJohann
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