The Sound of Music

About 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.

The Sound of Music is a 1965 music romance film directed by Robert Wise. Its themes are resistance, nazi occupation, alps mountains, and austria.

Julie Andrews stars as Maria, Christopher Plummer as Captain Georg von Trapp, Eleanor Parker as The Baroness, and Charmian Carr as Liesl von Trapp. Released in March 1965, it runs 174 minutes.

The screenplay is by Ernest Lehman. Production companies include 20th Century Fox, Argyle Enterprises, and Robert Wise Productions. The film began as real events. It streams on Disney Plus in the United States.

The Resistance Banker, Lion of the Desert, and The Pianist make useful companions to The Sound of Music, all filed under world war ii. TMDB voters put it at 7.7 out of 10 across 3,789 votes and it carries a G rating.