Heidi Movie Review 1993

Yet another version of the children's classic, from German writer Johanna Spyri's 1881 novel. Thornton is charming as the orphan shuttled from relative to relative until she happily ends up with her crotchety grandfather (Robards) in his mountain cabin. Then her cousin comes along and whisks her off to the city to be a companion to the invalid Klara (Randall). Seymour is the snobbish, scowling governess. This "Heidi" is spunky enough to keep the sugar level tolerable. Filmed on location in Austria.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 167 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Grandparents, Childhood Visions, Christmas

Screenplay

Jeanne Rosenberg

Cast

Noley Thornton, Jason Robards, Jane Seymour, Lexi (Faith) Randall, Sian Phillips, Patricia Neal, Benjamin Brazier, Michael Simkins, Andrew Bicknell, Jane Hazlegrove

Director

Michael Rhodes

Music

Lee Holdridge

Producer

Frank Agrama, Daniele Lorenzano, Bill McCutchen, Disney