In the bitter chill of winter, over snow-covered mountains and against all odds, one fearless youg girl will risk everything to guide her friends to safety. Juliette Canton, Charlie Sheen and the legendary Leslie Caron star in this exciting spirited Heidi adventure filled with breathtaking scenery and a captivating story about bravery in the face of danger. Fifteen-year-old Heidi (Caton) leaves her beloved grandfather (Jan Rubes), her childhood sweetheart (Sheen) and her cherished Swiss mountains to attend an Italian boarding school run by a kind headmistess (Caron). But when World War I breaks out, Heidi and her classmates are torn from their serene surroundings. Fearing for their lives, they escape on foot through the country side and embark on a daring trek across the treacherous, frozen Alps towards the safety of Heidi's girlhood home.