An adaptation of the 1959 stage musical of the same name, composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on The Sound of Music by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse & The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp. Starring : Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, & Eleanor Parker.
Summary:
A tuneful, heartwarming story, it is based on the real life story of the Von Trapp Family singers, one of the world's best-known concert groups in the era immediately preceding World War II. Julie Andrews plays the role of Maria, the tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey who becomes 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.
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