A Gift for Heidi
movie

Released January 01, 1958
Overview
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.
Cast

Sandy Descher
as
Heidi

Douglas Fowley
as
Alm Uncle
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Van Dyke Parks
as
Peter

Peter Capell
as
Doc
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Erik Jeide
as
Ernst

Rolf Wanka
as
Mr. Binder
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Oswald Ursteins
as
Carlo
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Susan Sainio
as
Clara
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Karin Röse
as
Louise
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Harold Benedict
as
Don

Clancy Cooper
as
Dr. Roth
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Paul McClintock
as
Gen. Manby
