Heidi (1978)

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Television series
German title Heidi
Original title Heidi
Country of production Switzerland
Germany
Austria
original language German
year 1978
length 25 minutes
Episodes 26th
genre Children's film
idea Tony Flaadt ,
Joachim Hess
music Siegfried Franz
First broadcast September 13, 1978 on SF DRS
occupation

Heidi is a children's series co-produced in Germany, Austria and Switzerland with 26 parts from 1978, of which a film version was also made.

action

The orphaned Heidi is brought by her aunt Dete to her reclusive grandfather, the Alpöhi, who is initially not enthusiastic about taking in the child. He has been living in seclusion on his alp for a long time. He got angry with the villagers, who are now appalled that Dete wants to bring the child to the hermit of all places . But since Dete got a job in Frankfurt am Main , she has no other choice.

Heidi manages to soften the old man's heart through her lovable manner. Soon the alpine boy becomes fond of his granddaughter and comes to terms with the villagers again.

Dete later brings Heidi to Frankfurt because Klara, the daughter of a wealthy businessman, needs a companion there. Klara is in a wheelchair and can hardly get out of the house. Heidi is sad that she has to leave her beloved mountains.

In Frankfurt, Heidi soon enchants everyone with her lovable manner. However, she becomes homesick and sick and is finally allowed to return to Alpöhi.

When Klara also comes to the alp - she is carried by servants - happiness is almost perfect. Peter the goat, Heidi's friend on the alp, doesn't like it at first that Heidi cares so much about the town girl. But he, too, is reconciled with everyone. And then a miracle happens: Klara learns to walk again through Heidi's approval.

particularities

The film adaptation is very much based on the novels Heidi's apprenticeship and wandering years and Heidi can use what she has learned from Johanna Spyri .

Thanks to the series format with 26 episodes of 25 minutes each, the story can be told in great detail. During the filming, great emphasis was placed on a realistic representation of the living conditions at the time of the action.

Co-producers were the Swiss public television DRS ( Zurich ), TELVETIA ( Geneva ), WIR Werbung im Rundfunk ( Frankfurt am Main ) and the Australian API ( Sydney ). Numerous well-known actors took part. The recordings were made in Switzerland ( Grevasalvas , Engadin ) and in Frankfurt am Main. Some of the scenes set in what was then Frankfurt were shot in Zurich. Episode 9 ( An excursion ) was shot on the market square in Heppenheim (Bergstrasse) , among other places .

Episodes

  1. In the Dörfli
  2. The alpine uncle
  3. Peter the Goat
  4. The grandmother
  5. In the winter
  6. The departure
  7. Arrival in Frankfurt
  8. The Sesemann house
  9. An excursion
  10. Unrest in the Sesemann house
  11. A closet full of rolls
  12. Mr. Sesemann
  13. The grandmother
  14. Homesickness
  15. The ghost
  16. The journey home
  17. Back home
  18. surprises
  19. The reconciliation
  20. The old doctor
  21. Visit from Frankfurt
  22. In the winter house
  23. Clare comes
  24. The wheelchair
  25. The telegram
  26. Happy end

literature

  • Johanna Spyri : Heidi. Heidi's apprenticeship and wandering years . With pictures by Hans G. Schellenberger. (Unabridged version of the original text from 1880.) Arena, Würzburg 2004, ISBN 3-401-05706-5 .
  • Johanna Spyri: Heidi can use what she has learned . With pictures by Hans G. Schellenberger. (Unabridged version of the original text from 1881.) Arena, Würzburg 2004, ISBN 3-401-05601-8 .

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