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In 1964, the film The Sound of Music, directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews, was produced in Salzburg with the grounds of Schloss Leopoldskron as one of the main exterior locations. In fact, 10 outdoor scenes were filmed there portraying the Von Trapp home. [11] The interior of the palace was never used as the Von Trapp villa.
The Trapp Family (also known as the von Trapp Family) was a singing group formed from the family of former Austrian naval commander Georg von Trapp. The family achieved fame in their original singing career in their native Austria during the interwar period .
Commissioned by Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg Count Leopold Anton Eleutherius von Firmian in 1736, Schloss Leopoldskron represented the home of Captain von Trapp (Plummer) and his seven children ...
Zuberano's storyboards and location photos were also used by art director Boris Leven to design and construct all of the original interior sets at Fox studios, as well as some external sets in Salzburg. [72] The von Trapp villa was filmed in several locations: the front and back façades were filmed at Frohnburg Palace, the lakeside terrace and ...
Baron Captain Georg von Trapp was the patriarch of the von Trapp family. He was born in 1880 and served for 24 years in the Austro-Hungarian Navy, where he achieved the country’s highest award ...
Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp [a] [3] [4] (4 April 1880 – 30 May 1947) was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Navy who became the patriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. Trapp was the most successful Austro-Hungarian submarine commander of World War I , [ b ] sinking 11 Allied merchant ships totaling 47,653 GRT and two Allied warships ...
Maria von Trapp's certificate of arrival at Niagara Falls, New York, on 30 December 1942 In the 1940s, the family moved to Stowe, Vermont , where they ran a music camp when they were not touring. In 1944, Maria Augusta, Maria Franziska, Johanna, Martina, Hedwig and Agathe applied for U.S. citizenship, whereas Georg never applied to become a ...
At Nonnberg the story of Maria von Trapp began, who became a postulant there in 1924 and whose life was the basis for the Broadway musical (1959) and (1965) film, The Sound of Music. [4] The abbess during Maria's time at Nonnberg was Virgilia Lütz (1869-1949). Some scenes from the movie were filmed at the abbey. [6]