Sidney Blackmer credited as playing...
Herr Sesemann
- Klara Sesemann: Oh, Papa! I'm so glad to see you!
- Sesemann: Oh, darling. Klara, what has happened? I expected - That is, Fräulein told me - But you haven't looked so well since your accident.
- Klara Sesemann: Of course. Because I've been so happy. It's Heidi.
- Sesemann: Heidi?
- Klara Sesemann: My little companion. Thank you a thousand times for letting me have her.
- Sesemann: But, uh, Fräulein seems to think she excites you beyond your strength.
- Klara Sesemann: I like to be excited, and she makes something funny happen all the time. Oh, Papa, she's the dearest little thing.
- Sesemann: Well, my darling, something has had an amazing effect on you.
- Klara Sesemann: I didn't have much to look forward to before. Now, when I wake up, I think, "I'm going to spend the day with Heidi!" I don't see why Fräulein doesn't like her.
- Sesemann: Nor I. It's very odd.
- Andrews, the Butler: This, sir, is Fräulein Heidi.
- Sesemann: How do you do, Heidi?
- Heidi: How do you do, Sir Gracious?
- [falls trying to curtsy]
- Heidi: I didn't do it very well. Shall I try it again?
- Sesemann: No, I don't think that could be improved upon.
- Heidi: Shall I get ready to go home now?
- Sesemann: No. I have another Christmas present for you: a home with us as long as you live.
- Heidi: No. I couldn't do that.
- Sesemann: Why not?
- Heidi: The Grandfather's been waiting for me such a long time.
- Klara Sesemann: Oh, Heidi, I hoped you wouldn't want to go now.
- Sesemann: But, don't you want to stay here with Klara and be her little sister?
- Heidi: Yes. I'd like to be that but I've got to go home.
- Klara Sesemann: Papa, I told Heidi you'd let her go if she wanted to.
- Sesemann: But you don't understand, dear. You'll be my own daughter. You'll - You'll have clothes like Klara's, everything just like hers, and grow up to be a great lady. Now, wouldn't you like that?
- Heidi: No, thank you. I want to go home to my grandfather.
- Sesemann: I can't let you do that.
- Heidi: But Klara promised!
- Klara Sesemann: I...
- Sesemann: I'm sorry, Heidi. Someday you'll understand.
- [Heidi leaves]
- Klara Sesemann: Papa, I did promise you'd send her home.
- Sesemann: But dear, you don't know what her grandfather's like. Dete told me that he was a very brutal man feared by everyone. No, Heidi will be much happier here with us.