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A Gift for Heidi (1958)

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: 1958-01-01
Runtime: 71 min
Rating: 10 / 10
Cast
Sandy Descher
Sandy Descher
Heidi
Douglas Fowley
Douglas Fowley
Alm Uncle
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Van Dyke Parks
Peter
Peter Capell
Peter Capell
Doc
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Erik Jeide
Ernst
Rolf Wanka
Rolf Wanka
Mr. Binder
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Oswald Ursteins
Carlo
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Susan Sainio
Clara
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Karin Röse
Louise
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Harold Benedict
Don
Clancy Cooper
Clancy Cooper
Dr. Roth
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Paul McClintock
Gen. Manby
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Hap Hanson
Col. Porter
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C. Fowler
Capt. McBee
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Edwin Anderson
Lt. Williams
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Wadsworth Likely
Sgt. Cory
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Ted Mitchell
Pilot
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Dean Jackson
Radio Operator