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Courage Mountain (1990)

Courage Mountain poster
Directed by
Christopher Leitch
Genre
drama film
Country
France, United States
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a sequel to the classic story Heidi. It follows Heidi as a teenager during the start of World War I. She faces new challenges away from her home in the Alps.

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What happens

Courage Mountain (also known as Courage Mountain: Heidi's New Adventure) is a 1990 adventure drama film and serves as a sequel to Johanna Spyri's 1881 novel Heidi. It was directed by Christopher Leitch and stars Charlie Sheen, Leslie Caron, Juliette Caton and Jan Rubeš. The film is set during the outbreak of World War I with Heidi as a teenager, despite the fact that the original novel (in which Heidi is 5) was first published in 1881. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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