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The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music (German: Die Trapp Familie - Ein Leben für die Musik) is a 2015 German-Austrian musical drama film based on the lives of the Austrian singing Trapp Family directed by Ben Verbong, and starring Rosemary Harris, Matthew Macfadyen, Eliza Bennett, Lauryn Canny, and Yvonne Catterfeld.
It is based on the 1949 memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp and is set in Salzburg, Austria. It is a fictional retelling of her experiences as governess to seven children, her eventual marriage with their father Captain Georg von Trapp, and their escape during the Anschluss in 1938. [4]
The film is based on Maria von Trapp's memoir, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, written in 1948 to help promote her family's singing group following the death of her husband, Captain von Trapp, in 1947. [4] Hollywood producers expressed immediate interest in purchasing the title only, but Maria refused, wanting her entire story to be told ...
"The Sound of Music," released in 1965, is a family favorite during the holidays. Julie Andrews, who played Maria, mostly recently narrated "Bridgerton." Kym Karath, who played Gretl von Trapp, is ...
Nealy 60 years later, the Oscar-winning movie continues to be a beloved classic — and it all began with the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, the real-life matriarch of the von Trapp family. Long ...
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 .
The hills are (still) alive! Nearly 57 years after The Sound of Music premiered, the cast has reunited in Julie Andrews’ honor. Julie Andrews Through the Years: From 'Sound of Music' to ...
The Trapp Family in America (German: Die Trapp-Familie in Amerika) is a 1958 West German comedy drama film about the real-life Austrian musical Trapp Family directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Ruth Leuwerik, Hans Holt, and Josef Meinrad. It is a sequel to the 1956 film The Trapp Family. [2] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich.