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Heidi

2015Movie1 h 51 minG

87

ExcellentGoodWatch score

87

ExcellentGoodWatch score

Letterboxd

Rotten Tomatoes

Summary

Heidi, is an eight-year-old Swiss orphan who is given by her aunt to her mountain-dwelling grandfather.

Good for

Family movie night
Friends night
Kids

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You want dark or edgy material

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Fingerprint

Warms you up.
Feels like comfort food.
Takes you back.
Lifts you up.
Leaves you in awe.

Not for scares, brutality or big ideas.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+24)
Critics 100Audiences 76GoodWatch 88
Tomatometer100%
Audience score83%
IMDb7.5
Letterboxd · 12 K ratings3.5/5
Running time
1 h 51 min
A typical length for adventure movies, +8 min on the typical 103
typical 103111
Half of all adventure movies run 93–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 20 countries, rent or buy in 31 more
+10
Released
2015
December 10, 2015
11 years ago
Genres
AdventureFamilyDrama
Language
German
Original language
Made in
Germany
Switzerland
Rated
- GUnited States
Yes: it's rated G in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
ViolenceLittle or none
Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
Frightening scenesLittle or none
Sex, nudityLittle or none
Dark themesLittle or none
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalKidsPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchComfort WatchPure Escapism
20 of 20
Directing · 3
Alain Gsponer Director
Katrin Barben Script Supervisor
Annette Stefan First Assistant Director
Writing · 2
Petra Biondina Volpe Writer
Johanna Spyri Novel
Production · 6
Lukas Hobi Producer
Ulrike Putz Producer
Reto Schärli Producer
Jakob Claussen Producer
Daniela Tolkien Casting
Corinna Glaus Casting
Camera · 1
Matthias Fleischer Director of Photography
Editing · 1
Michael Schaerer Editor
Sound · 3
Niki Reiser Original Music Composer
Marco Teufen Sound
Leandro de Loredo Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art · 3
Christian M. Goldbeck Production Design
Georg Bringolf Art Direction
Eva Stiebler Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 2
Anke Winckler Costume Design
Georg Korpas Makeup Department Head

Tropes

Tomboyin 436 titlesHeidi is a very outdoorsy girl, and dresses like a boy sometimes when herding goats in the mountains.Fish out of Waterin 1,108 titlesHeidi when she is forced to live in Frankfurt.All 19 tropes

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