A Gift for Heidi (1958)
71 min
This movie is about one summer holiday in the life of the famous children's book character Heidi, the orphan girl who lives with her grandfather (whom Heidi, like everybody else including the cast list, calls "Alm Uncle") on the outskirts of a small village in the Alps. Heidi has a gift of three carved wooden figures made by a craftsman neighbour: Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar. However, rather than gold, frankincense, and myrrh, her grandfather and the village doctor gradually teach Heidi the idea that the gifts they bring are faith, charity and hope.
- Release date
- January 1, 1958
- Country of origin
- Not yet available · likely United States (estimated from cast and crew)
Cast
- Sandy Descher as Heidi
- Douglas Fowley as Alm Uncle
- Van Dyke Parks as Peter
- Peter Capell as Doc.
- Erik Jelde as Ernst
- Rolf Wanka as Mr. Binder
- Oswald Ursteins as Carlo
- Susan Salnio as Clara
- Karin Rose as Louise
- Harold Benedict as Don
Crew
- George Templeton · Director
- David Dortort · Writer
- Johanna Spyri · Writer
- Eugene Vale · Writer
- Bert Grund · Composer
- Bruno Stephan · Cinematographer
- Jack Ogilvie · Editor