Filmed on location in the mountainous canton of Grisons, including Bergün or Rheinwald, this new German-language adaptation of the classic tale of Heidi by Johanna Spyri is set in the 1880s.
With his version of “Heidi,” film director Alain Gsponer did his best to remain faithful to the original novels. Producer Lukas Hobi told the Swiss news agency SDA, that their goal was not to produce another sugarcoated home movie in the style of the 1950s, but a “classic, authentic” Heidi.
In German with English subtitles.
Starring Anuk Steffen, Bruno Ganz, Katharina Schüttler, Quirin Agrippi, Isabelle Ottmann, Anna Schinz.
Note: The film was released in theaters in December 2015, and at the time of this writing is not yet available on DVD or to stream.