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- American newlyweds Peter and Maria come to a small Swiss village to hire Glooker, a famous mountain guide, to take them up the east wall of Pitz-Palu, one of the highest peaks in the Alps. They meet fellow American Dr. Jensen, whose wife fell to her death on a Pitz-Palu climb 20 years ago to the day. Jensen returns each year on the date of her death hoping that the ice will yield up her body. He cautions the young couple against attempting the difficult climb, especially in the threatening weather, and confesses he had failed to heed a similar warning 20 years before when the fatal accident occurred. As dawn breaks, Peter leaves the house, leaving Maria asleep, determined to try the climb alone. Jensen hears him and insists on going. Maria awakes and is determined to share with Peter the adventure and the danger. Together the trio begin the assent, waving casually to a band of students (who are later buried in an avalanche). The climbers also have a few problems of their own.
- Heidi lives with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps in the summer, and she and Peter play and tend the goats. In the winter, she stays with Peter's mother, and she and Peter attend school. One day a letter arrives from Heidi's friend Klara Sesemann, an ill youngster who spends most of her time in wheelchair, stating that she is coming to visit. The teacher has been having trouble getting Peter to study, and Heidi's grandfather decides to pose as Santa Claus and scare him into it. This is successful, and Heidi helps Peter learn to read. they attend school. The arrival of summer also brings Klara, with her grandmother and her prim governess Rottenmeyer. Heidi's grandfather suggests that Frau Sesemann stay with him and Heidi, while Rottermeyer stays in the village to visit and keep an eye on Klara. Peter is resentful and destroys Klara's wheelchair. Heidi's grandfather is secretly pleased, as he feels that Klara doesn't really need it. Calamity strikes when a storm causes the brook to overflow, flooding the village and wrecking many houses. Klara pitches in to help and forgets about her illness, emerging a healthy and happy girl. Her father is overjoyed and organizes a festival in a nearby town to help the stricken village.
- Nach zehn Jahren kehrt Markus Paltram in sein altes Heimatdorf zurück.