Made famous in films by Shirley Temple, who played her in 1937, and re-played many times since, Johanna Spyri's spunky Swiss heroine, Heidi, returns yet again to face more perils in COURAGE MOUNTAIN. Unfortunately, mixed in with the usual array of villains and catastrophes this time is a
bit of bizarre, crucial miscasting and a sloppy, mediocre script.
Well-cast, at least, are Juliette Caton (who played the angel of temptation in THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST) as Heidi and Jan Rubes as her grandfather. Set on the eve of WW I, the story picks up with Heidi in a quandary over whether or not to use some inheritance money to attend a ritzy finishing
school in north...
Released:
1990
Rated:
PG
Length:
98 mins