Heidi

This moive came out in German in 2015, but I saw it in China's ciname just yesterday (2019). I think this is the first moive I have seen about Swiss and German.

I never knew Alps could be that beautiful. The story is plain. I just spended so much time enjoy the tremendous sceneries. They reminded me the beginning of The Sould of Music. I read an article about people struggling to climb the Alps. And now I know why they did.

Yesterday, i went to the Cinema to look Heidi with my wife to to please her. Besides of the good reviews and the participation of Bruno Ganz I didn't expect too much. But the film convinced me totally, especially emotional. The film is very faithful to the books of J. Spyri even to small details. They are used very good to compound the overall story. Therefore, the film lacks inventions for the story telling. Instead it is using a proper selection of the original material given. As J. Spyri defined the idealised view on Switzerland, this Swiss film showed it as the story was intended . The looks of the Dörfli, the mountain pasture and Frankfurt are really faithful and believable while idealised as it was intended. The Alps panorama was breathtaking as could be expected from a Swiss film. The casting was very good. The short scene of the Alp-Öhi with the Grandma Sesemann played by H. Hoger showed the great actors chosen. The children were very good, too. Anuk Steffen had to carry the complete weight of the story with leading adult actors and she really did. The facial expressions and the language with the mild Swiss dialect was perfect. The roles of Fräulein Rottenmeier and the teacher was laid out overacted. I think it was made to attract children for this film. For a film targeting only adults this was too much. The story is well known, I think and of course J. Spyris master work making it one of Swiss national epics (Quotation from B. Ganz why he took the role). The film follows this absolutely truthfully. For the content of both books, the time is too short so psychological developments could only be hinted at. Another half hour of an extended version concentrating on the development of personal relationships as Heidi <-> Alp-Öhi would make the film perfect. But then it may be too long for a young audience.

Such a beautiful pure love movie. When I saw Heidi's smile, it shined my heart... best movie to relax, leave all your burdens away

Yes, it does have German or English options as well as English subtitles. The best Heidi I've seen; did it cover all Heidi story aspects - probably not, but what it did cover was more than sufficient to keep the viewer engaged. Acting - superb; filming, editing - superb; authenticity and beauty of scenes - superb. Yes, it's hard to go wrong with this story and you already know how it turns out, but no matter it still felt suspenseful and warm and kindly and adventuresome.

I never read the book but the movie was pretty good. I thought it was well acted, shot and directed. I thought the main actor was great in the title role. She really played up the cleverness yet innocence of a kid free to do whatever he/she wants even in the face of adversity such as being ditched in an unfamiliar place. While it's lighthearted when it gets dark it does it so well to where it's not overkill. Heidi sleepwalking due to being homesick was sad and well acted. I won't give away the ending but I will say it was very heartfelt and wraps up the film pretty well. With that being said i'd say check it out especially if you're learning german.