Heidi is orphaned and her uncaring maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with her reclusive, grumpy paternal grandfather, Adolph Kramer. Heidi brings her grandfather back into mountain society through her sweet ways and sheer love. When Dete later returns and steals Heidi away to become the companion of a rich man's wheelchair-bound daughter, the grandfather is heartsick to discover his little girl missing and immediately sets out to get her back.
Shirley Temple
as Heidi Kramer
Jean Hersholt
as Adolph Kramer
Arthur Treacher
as Andrews
Helen Westley
as Blind Anna
Thomas Beck
as Pastor Schultz
Mary Nash
as Fraulein Rottenmeier
Sidney Blackmer
as Sesemann
Pauline Moore
as Elsa
Marcia Mae Jones
as Klara Sesemann
Mady Christians
as Dete
Delmar Watson
as Peter
Egon Brecher
as Inn Keeper
