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.
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There are absolutely no animal deaths shown anywhere in this film. I have no idea what film the other posters are referring to, but it is definitely not this one. I've watched it many times since I was a small child in the 1980s and just watched it again tonight. There is *not one single incidence* of violence toward dogs at any point during this film.