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The Sound of Music (film)
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The Sound of Music (film)
The Sound of Music
is a 1965 American
musical
drama film
produced and directed by
Robert Wise
and starring
Julie Andrews
and
Christopher Plummer
. The film is an adaptation of the 1959
Broadway musical
The Sound of Music
, composed by
Richard Rodgers
with lyrics by
Oscar Hammerstein II
. The film's screenplay was written by
Ernest Lehman
, adapted from the stage musical's
book
by
Howard Lindsay
and
Russel Crouse
. Based on the memoir
The Story of the Trapp Family Singers
by
Maria von Trapp
, the film is about a young Austrian woman studying to become a nun in
Salzburg
in 1938 who is sent to the villa of a retired naval officer and widower to be governess to his seven children. After bringing love and music into the lives of the family through kindness and patience, she marries the officer and together with the children they find a way to survive the loss of their homeland through courage and faith.
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