Courage Mountain

Courage Mountain also known as Courage Mountain Heidis New Adventure is a 1990 American drama film and serves as a sequel to Johanna Spyris novel Heidi. It was directed by Christopher Leitch and stars Charlie Sheen, Leslie Caron, Juliette Caton and Jan Rubes. 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 iswas first published in 1881.

Italian troops arrive at the school with a letter from the Governor and commandeer the building for use as a military post. All the girls are fetched by their families except for four Heidi, Ursula, Ilsa and Gudrun. Hillary is happy to care for the four girls, but the unscrupulous owner of the town orphanage, Signor Bonelli, claims the girls. Hillary is forced to give them up as Bonelli has the support of the Governor. The four girls find that the orphanage is a rundown and cruel place that uses forced labor. Heidi wants to escape, but Ursula insists that Madame Hillary will come for them. Hillarys attempt is blocked by Bonelli. Heidi eventually learns through another orphan, Clarissa, that they can escape through the drain. The four Brookings girls, Clarissa, and another orphan named Giovanni escape and hitch a ride on a cart for the countryside.Signor Bonelli chases after them and catches Giovanni. The five girls escape through the forest and head for the mountains to cross over into Switzerland, briefly crossing paths with soldiers that are traveling on horseback. Hillary learns of the girls sighting through the soldiers and, knowing that Heidi would lead the girls to her grandfather, decides to go to the Alps herself. Grandfather learns of the girls crossing through Peter, and asks that he find and bring them across safely. ........

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