Heidi (1968 film)
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Heidi was a 1968 NBC made for TV film version of the original 1880 novel of the same name which debuted on November 17, 1968. It starred actress Jennifer Edwards, stepdaughter of Julie Andrews and daughter of Blake Edwards, in the title role, alongside Maximillian Schell, Jean Simmons, and Michael Redgrave.
The film altered the plot somewhat by casting the attractive Ms. Simmons as Fraulein Rottenmeier the governess, making the character far more sympathetic (thus eliminating the antagonism between her and Heidi), and introducing a romance between the governess and Maximilian Schell's Herr Sesemann.
This film, however, is most remembered for cutting off the final minutes of a 1968 regular-season game between the AFL American football teams, the Oakland Raiders and the New York Jets, which became known as "The Heidi Game".
[edit] External links
- Heidi at the Internet Movie Database
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