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The Sound of Music (1965)

Poster for The Sound of Music

The happiest sound in all the world!

In the years before the Second World War, 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.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Robert Wise
  • Profile picture of Julie Andrews
    Maria Julie Andrews
  • Profile picture of Christopher Plummer
    Captain Georg von Trapp Christopher Plummer
  • Profile picture of Eleanor Parker
    The Baroness Eleanor Parker
  • Profile picture of Richard Haydn
    Max Detweiler Richard Haydn
  • Profile picture of Peggy Wood
    Mother Abbess Peggy Wood
  • Profile picture of Charmian Carr
    Liesl von Trapp Charmian Carr
  • Profile picture of Heather Menzies
    Louisa von Trapp Heather Menzies
  • Profile picture of Nicholas Hammond
    Friedrich von Trapp Nicholas Hammond

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