All I can remember from this movie was that there was a little blonde girl in an attic of an orphanage (or a home for girls) and her name was colette
and around the end of the movie she’s crossing from one building to another on a wobbly wood plank
I saw this on TV in the early to mid 2000’s but I don’t remember how old it was
it was a color movie in english
Could it be ” A little princess”
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113670/
The girls was rich but dad goes MIA during WW1 and her “tutor” make her a servant.
I second this.
I’m pretty sure this is Madeline