The Sound of Music, based on the Broadway play. neither mentioned the fact that Captain Von Trapp was, in his active duty days- a submarine commander- nor were there any props ( model subs) to get across this idea. It was understood he was a Naval officer, but not mentioned he served on U-boats.
The Sound of Music
The von Trapp family is famous for appearing in "The Sound of Music." The movie is based on the real life of the von Trapp family. "The Sound of Music" starred Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer.
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in the film "The Sound of Music", Maria - played by Julie Andrews - is hired by Georg von Trapp to act as the governess to his seven children
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the Von Trapp family
It is based of a true story, the story of the Von Trapp family. There is a book written by the real Maria Von Trapp, called the Von Trapp family singers
No other film, it is arguable that the TV program series (The Partridge Family) was an updated and Americanized variant, with the political and religious angles washed out, so to speak. Musical comedy does not go over well on TV only successful ones I can think of were Partridge Family, The Monkees, and arguable, Sha Na Na. Baroness Maria Von Trapp's book, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, published in 1949, was a best-seller. It was made into two successful German/Austrian films: The Trapp Family (1956), and The Trapp Family in America (1958).
Maria von Trapp-Julie AndrewsCaptain Georg von Trapp-Christopher PlummerMax Detweiler-Richard HaydnBaroness Elsa Schraeder-Eleanor ParkerLiesl von Trapp-Charmian CarrFriedrich von Trapp-Nicholas HammondLouisa von Trapp-Heather MenziesKurt von Trapp-Duane ChaseBrigitta von Trapp-Angela CartwrightMarta von Trapp-Debbie TurnerGretl von Trapp-Kym KarathMother Abbess-Peggy WoodSister Margaretta-Anna LeeSister Berthe-Portia NelsonRolf-Daniel TruhitteHans Zeller, Gauleiter-Ben Wright
male Rupert von Trapp female Agathe von Trapp female Maria Franziska von Trapp male Werner Ritter von Trapp female Hedwig von Trapp female Johanna von Trapp female Martina von Trapp female Rosemarie von Trapp female Eleonore von Trapp male Johannes von Trapp
The movie's von Trapp family in "The Sound of Music" is similar to the real-life von Trapp family in that both were musical, experienced political turmoil in Austria, and ultimately fled the country to escape the Nazis. However, the movie took some artistic liberties and altered certain elements of their story for dramatic effect.
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