Movie
The Story of Heidi
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.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
The Story of Heidi was released March 17, 1979. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
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.
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Cast
Kazuko SugiyamaHeidi
Kohei MiyauchiAlm-Ohi
Hiroko MaruyamaPeter
Taeko NakanishiAunt Dete
Keiko HanClara Sesemann
Hisako KyodaMiss RottenmeierCredits
- Directed by
- Isao Takahata
- Written by
- Mamoru Sasaki, Hisao Ohkawa, Yoshiaki Yoshida
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Original title
- アルプスの少女ハイジ