The Story of Heidi (1979)
Heidi is five years old when her aunt Dete, who has raised Heidi since her parents' deaths four years earlier, takes the orphaned Heidi to live with her formidable grandfather in the Swiss Alps. The American feature-length adaptation of Heidi (1974), the Japanese anime series produced by Zuiyo Eizo.
Director: Isao Takahata
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Kazuko Sugiyama as Heidi |
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Kohei Miyauchi as Alm-Ohi |
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Yoshiaki Nemoto as The Doctor |
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Hiroko Maruyama as Peter |
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Terue Nunami as Großmutter |
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Taeko Nakanishi as Aunt Dete |
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Keiko Han as Clara Sesemann |
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Hisako Kyoda as Miss Rottenmeier |
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Kaneta Kimotsuki as Sebastian |
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Taimei Suzuki as Mr. Sesemann |
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Miyoko Asou as Grandmamma |
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Takako Kondou as Brigette |
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Mitsuo Senda as Johann |
| Directing | Isao Takahata | Director |
| Production | Shigehito Takahashi | Producer |
| Writing | Hisao Ohkawa | Writer |
| Sound | Takeo Watanabe | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Yoshiaki Yoshida | Writer |
| Writing | Mamoru Sasaki | Writer |