Heidi's Alpine Dream

An account of the life and work of the Swiss writer Johanna Spyri (1827-1901), the barely known artistic mother of Heidi, her brave alpine heroine, who was first introduced to the world between 1880 and 1881, in a novel published in two parts, and became definitely immortal thanks to an anime series, released in 1974, directed by the Japanese genius Isao Takahata.

Top Cast

Marthe Keller

Johanna Spyri (voice)

Yōichi Kotabe

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Junzō Nakajima

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Petra Biondina Volpe

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Jean-Michel Wissmer

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