Season 1 • Episode 26
LatestYoung Heidi is sent to live with her grandfather in the mountains where she discovers the liberty and the beauty of Swiss landscapes. Later when Heidi is forced to become a companion to a young invalid girl in a big town, she discovers just how much she misses the mountains, her grandfather, and her friend Peter.
Cinematography
The Alps basically steal every scene they're in.
Acting
Brigitte Horney's grandmother will make you call yours.
Production
1978 practical magic — real goats, real mountains, zero CGI guilt.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This adaptation rode the 1970s 'Heidi Boom' — Japan's anime version actually premiered the same year, creating a transcontinental Alpine obsession.
Katia Polletin was discovered in a Munich department store; her entire acting career spans just this role and one forgotten TV movie.
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