The Sound of Music (1965)

 A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower.

Director: Robert Wise
Writers: George Hurdalek (with the partial use of ideas by) (as Georg Hurdalek) , Howard Lindsay (from the stage musical book by)

Cast
Julie Andrews   
Christopher Plummer   
Eleanor Parker  
Richard Haydn  
Peggy Wood    
Charmian Carr 
Heather Menzies-Urich  
Nicholas Hammond    
Duane Chase   
Angela Cartwright  
Debbie Turner   

Storyline
In 1930's Austria, a young woman named Maria is failing miserably in her attempts to become a nun. When the Navy captain Georg Von Trapp writes to the convent asking for a governess that can handle his seven mischievous children, Maria is given the job. The Captain's wife is dead, and he is often away, and runs the household as strictly as he does the ships he sails on. The children are unhappy and resentful of the governesses that their father keeps hiring, and have managed to run each of them off one by one. When Maria arrives, she is initially met with the same hostility, but her kindness, understanding, and sense of fun soon draws them to her and brings some much-needed joy into all their lives -- including the Captain's. Eventually he and Maria find themselves falling in love, even though Georg is already engaged to a Baroness and Maria is still a postulant. The romance makes them both start questioning the decisions they have made. Their personal conflicts soon become

 Genres: Biography | Drama | Family | Musical | Romance

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 Details
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Country: USA
Language: English | German
Release Date: 29 March 1965 (UK)
Also Known As: Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music
Filming Locations: Bertelsmann, Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Runtime: 174 min

Box Office
Budget: $8,200,000 (estimated)
Gross: $163,214,286 (USA)