Title: The Sound of Music
Translation: The Sound of Music
Director: (Robert Wise)
Starring: (Julie Andrews) (Christopher Plummer) (Richard Haydn) (Peggy Wood) (Anna Lee) (Portia Nelson)
Released: March 2, 1965
This is one of the most widely praised evergreen family movies in film history, and is very suitable for parents and children to enjoy together. Interesting stories, sweet songs, beautiful mountains and rivers, lively children, lovely nuns, warm human feelings, and innocent jokes make up this musical that broke the highest-grossing record in film history and won the Best Film Award. The film has won 5 Academy Awards. Julie Andrews plays the real-life Austrian nun Maria, who goes to the home of a widowed military officer to take care of his seven children and later becomes their stepmother. After the Nazis occupied Austria, the family took advantage of a public performance to escape. Director Robert Wise has managed to capture every aspect of this film's appeal, making it a film that everyone will love.
The "Sound of Music" adapted from the musical has several classic songs that are still circulating today: the theme song "The Sound of Music" that expresses Maria's love for nature, the light-hearted "Lonely" "Shepherd", the soulful "Edelweiss" sung by Bittop, the joyful and fun "Doremi", and "Good Night, Goodbye!" sung by the lovely children at competitions and in the living room! ” and so on, have become the most memorable melodies in our memory.
Attachment: The Origin of the Sound of Music
Plot
Maria works as a trainee nun in a strict monastery in Salzburg. She loved the majesty of the Alps and often went hiking in the mountains forgetting her monastic duties. The abbot of the monastery was very wise and thought that Maria might be more suitable for life in the outside world, so he decided to send her to the Trapp family as a governess for their seven children. After arriving at the Trapp house, Maria was surprised that the Baron disciplined his children according to strict military rules. The Baron was an aristocratic widower and a naval captain. Learning that the children had driven away many of their former governesses, she treated them differently. It is not about educating them, but bringing music into their lives, teaching them how to sing, dance, and play, and win the love of children. The children's puppet show for their father is the first step in the budding romance between Maria and the Baron. Only a few days later the Baron introduced Baroness Sloder to his children as his fiancée. At the ball, the Baron and Maria performed a folk dance for the audience, and as they danced together, they discovered their feelings for each other. Baroness Sloder encourages Maria to leave the Trapp household immediately. So she returned to the convent. The children soon discovered that Maria was missing and they tried their best to get her back, just as the Baron was preparing to marry Baroness Sloder. After Maria returned to the monastery, she confided her love for the baron to the abbot, who encouraged her to pursue her love. She hurried back to the Baron's house and found that the Baron was preparing for the wedding. The Baroness leaves the Baron after realizing the true love between the Baron and Maria. Eventually Maria married her beloved in a convent where she wanted to become a nun. While they were returning home from their honeymoon, the Nazis occupied Austria. The Baron does not want to serve in the Nazi navy and looks for an opportunity to escape: the whole family attends a choral festival at the Salzburg Festival Theater. It was here that the Baron sang Edelweiss in tribute to his beloved country, just hours before they were to leave forever. The Trapp family hid in the monastery cemetery to evade capture and ultimately made a dramatic escape. The final shot of the film shows the Trapp family climbing up the Alps and arriving in Switzerland, where the dawn symbolizes the beginning of their new life.
True Story
The movie is adapted from a true story.
Baron Trapp was born on April 4, 1880 in Zara, which was still part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His father was a naval captain, and he also wanted to devote himself to the navy, so he attended the Royal Naval College. While still a young Navy captain, he was assigned to command the U6 submarine. During World War I, a French submarine was sunk by Trapp's submarine. In 1918, King Joseph I promoted him to Lieutenant Commander. After the war, Austria lost its coastline and no longer needed a navy. Not only did Colonel Trapp lose his position, he also lost his wife in 1924, leaving him with seven children to care for. Maria was born on January 25, 1905. Her mother died when she was about two years old, and her cousin became her foster mother, and they lived in a small house on the outskirts of Vienna. She received a rigorous education. After three years of high school, she entered the National Normal College for four years. Maria was originally a socialist and an atheist, but during college, a famous priest began to preach to her, which changed Maria's life and beliefs. Maria joined the Sisters' Mountain Convent in Salzburg and became a nun. The convent decided to let Maria leave for a year and work as a governess in the house of Baron Trapp to take care of one of his daughters who suffered from rheumatic fever. A year later, the children asked their father to try to keep Maria, and they even suggested that he should marry her. I don't know if she likes me! replied the baron. So the children asked Maria themselves. Because Maria said, yes, I like him. They are engaged. She never returned to the convent as a nun and married the baron on November 26, 1927. The Trapp family has two more daughters. In 1935, Father Vaznet entered their lives. He made music a passion for their family. Their natural, fresh voices and pure singing enabled them to win first place in the chorus competition at the 1935 Salzburg Music and Drama Festival. They lost all their money during the Great Depression and were invited to tour Europe. In 1938, when Hitler invaded Austria, Trapp would rather lose his material possessions than retain his dignity. They left their villa and all their possessions on the outskirts of Salzburg and headed to the United States. In September 1938, they arrived in New York. On the way, the 10th child was born. Father Vaznet also traveled to the United States with them. Under his guidance, singing became their profession, and the Trapp Family Chorus gradually became famous. After World War II, the Trapp family established a musical charity organization: the Trapp Family Austrian Relief Society, which sent countless food and clothing to their native Austria. In 1941, Trapp bought a large farm in a rural area of ??Fairmont, which was similar to the scenery they missed in Salzburg, Austria. They named their house "A Heart of Loyalty." Trapp died on May 30, 1947 and was buried in the family cemetery in the backyard of the house. When they ended their singing career of more than 20 years and more than 30 countries, they converted their large Austrian-style wooden house into an inn. Unfortunately, it was destroyed by fire in December 1980. They immediately decided to rebuild. The design of the Trapp family's new cabin is modern but still retains the flavor of the past. Maria died on March 28, 1987 and was buried next to her husband in the cemetery.