Heidi (2001) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

2001 · 99 mins · German

Directed by

Markus Imboden

Starring

Aaron Arens, Josef Bierbichler, Paolo Villaggio, Valentine Varela, Sabina Schneebeli, Cornelia Gröschel

Heidi stays with her grandfather, the ‘Alpöhi’, who lives alone above the village and rejects her. Her friend Peter, a baseball‑playing Boston engineer’s son, teaches her e‑mail. Later she goes to Berlin to stay with aunt Dete, where cousin Clara dyes her hair, floods the bath and tests Heidi’s patience. She finally returns to her grandfather.