The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical drama film produced and directed by Robert Wise from a screenplay written by Ernest Lehman. It is based on the 1959 stage musical composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Lindsay and Crouse, itself based on the 1949 memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp. The film stars Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, with Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Charmian Carr, and Eleanor Parker. Set in Salzburg, Austria, it is a fictional retelling of Maria von Trapp's experiences as governess to seven children, her eventual marriage with their father Captain Georg von Trapp, and their escape during the Anschluss in 1938.

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Release date:: March 2, 1965
Director:: Robert Wise
Cast:: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Bill Lee, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn
Genre:: Romance, Drama, Musical, Biographical
Country:: United States
Language:: English
Year page:: 1965 in adaptations