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Heidi

Synopsis

Based on the original novel by Johanna Spyri about orphan Heidi who is taken from her grandfather in the Alps to Frankfurt, where she changes the lives of those around her.

Details

Year
2006
Type of project
Features
Running time
103 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Paul Marcus
Producer
H. Michael Heuser, Michael Henry, James Atherton
Editor
David Rees
Screenwriter
Brian Finch, based on the novel by Johanna Spyri
Director of Photography
Peter Sinclair
Sound
Alan Jones, Matt Skelding
Composer
Jocelyn Pook
Principal cast
Emma Bolger, Max Von Sydow, Geraldine Chaplin, Diana Rigg, Pauline McLynn

Genre

Literary Adaptation Children’s Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Heidi Films Ltd

c/o 1st Floor, 101 Wardour Street
London W1F 0UG
UK

T +44 (0)20 7432 7620

maggien@piccadillypictures.com

Sales Company

Storm Entertainment Inc.

127 Broadway, Suite 222
Santa Monica, CA 90401
USA

T +1 310 656 2500

storment95@aol.com

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