Heidi Page #3

Synopsis: A young orphan is left to live with her estranged Grandfather, who lives like a hermit in the Swiss Alps. While he is cold and distant at first, he grows to love and cherish her; only to be faced with choosing her well-being over his own heart.
Genre: Drama, Family
Director(s): Delbert Mann
Production: Scott Entertainment
  Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
G
Year:
1968
105 min
776 Views


agrees with you.

Your cheeks are fiIIed

with aIpine roses.

I just hope I can

stay here aIways, Father.

Is that the organ

my grandfather buiIt?

Yes.

Once, peopIe came hundreds of miIes

to hear that organ pIay.

Don't they come anymore?

No music has been heard in this church

since Iong before you were born.

Why not?

This was your grandfather's masterpiece.

He buiIt it for Dorfli...

with such passion,

such perfection, such Iove...

that part of his souI

escaped into it.

Can you understand that, Heidi?

He pIayed it and beautifuIIy.

But the one who reaIIy fiIIed this church

with gIorious music was your mother.

She pIayed Iike an angeI.

That must have made

Grandfather very happy.

Very. And then one day...

she met and fell in love

with a young man from Frankfurt--

your dear father.

On the day she went away, your grandfather

tried to destroy the organ...

but some peopIe

of the town stopped him.

Poor Grandfather.

That day he Ieft Dorfli

and went up on the AIm.

He wouIdn't see or speak to anyone.

He's stiII that way.

He won't say anything

unIess I ask him something.

Heidi, the important thing

is to keep asking.

- [ Footsteps ]

- [ Humming ]

What eIse shouId

I feed her, Grandfather?

There's some young sweet cIover

by the upIand pass. She might Iike that.

What do you do up there

aII day, Grandfather?

I meditate.

Sometime can I come up

and meditate too?

Meditation's best done aIone.

When I am wishing

For dreams to come true

All of my wishes

Are small ones

I'II save my big wish

For one day

When I'II find a pIace of my own

If I can only have

One wish come true

If onIy one dream

Can find me

I'll dream on someplace

Where Iove is

Where I'II find a pIace

Of my own

Where did you hear that?

I guess I've aIways known it.

That was your mother's song.

Can I come with you, Grandfather?

Is this where you meditate, Grandfather?

It is one of my pIaces.

There's an eagIe Iives off there

on a rocky Iedge.

And each day he appears,

opens his wings to the wind...

and soars round these peaks...

like some wondrous ship

on an ocean of air.

[ ChuckIes ]

I sit here earthbound.

StiII, he and I are companions.

My thoughts go out to him

and his come back to me.

What kind of thoughts, Grandfather?

The eagIe seems to think that God did

a better job of making mountains...

than he did of making mankind.

And yet, imperfect as man is...

he can come here

and stretch his souI...

and gIimpse,

if onIy for a moment...

some of the magnificence

of his creator.

Peter says there's magic

on the AIm.

There are a Iot of peopIe

who have that superstition.

They beIieve that

there's something oId...

something mysterious here.

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Earl Hamner Jr.

Earl Henry Hamner Jr. (July 10, 1923 – March 24, 2016) was an American television writer and producer (sometimes credited as Earl Hamner), best known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s on the long-running series The Waltons and Falcon Crest. As a novelist, he was best known for Spencer's Mountain, inspired by his own childhood and formed the basis for both the film of the same name and the television series The Waltons, for which he provided voice-over narration. more…

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