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The Sound of Music
In the years before World War II, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
1965 · Directed by Robert Wise · 174 min · Drama · Family · Music · Romance · 54 frames
Tagline
The happiest sound in all the world!
Crew
- Screenplay: Ernest Lehman
- Cinematography: Ted D. McCord
- Edited by: William Reynolds
- Music: Irwin Kostal, Richard Rodgers
- Production design: Boris Leven
- Produced by: Robert Wise
Cast
- Julie Andrews as Maria
- Christopher Plummer as Captain Georg von Trapp
- Eleanor Parker as The Baroness
- Charmian Carr as Liesl von Trapp
- Nicholas Hammond as Friedrich von Trapp
- Heather Menzies as Louisa von Trapp
- Angela Cartwright as Brigitta von Trapp
- Debbie Turner as Marta von Trapp
- Kym Karath as Gretl von Trapp
- Duane Chase as Kurt von Trapp
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, German
- Studios: Robert Wise Productions, Argyle Enterprises, 20th Century Fox
- Budget: $8,200,000
- Box office: $286,214,286
- Themes: resistance, world war ii, musical, austria, based on true story, music competition, based on play or musical, alps mountains, governess, convent (nunnery)
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