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 ...

Plot Keywords

based on true story, single father, catholic church, guitar, based on novel, orchestral music score, female protagonist, puppet show, nazi, blonde woman, nazi occupation, world war two, novice, teenage girl, surrogate mother, based on stage musical, rowboat, bishop, cathedral, chapel

Short Review

The last of the Rodgers-Hammer-stein collaborations, The Sound of Music is the best screen version of their works.

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