Film

The Sound of Music

1965 · 2h 54m · Drama · Family · Music

The happiest sound in all the world!

IMDb

8.1

Rotten Tomatoes

83%

Metacritic

63

In the years before World War II, 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.

Julie Andrews

Maria

Christopher Plummer

Captain Georg von Trapp

Eleanor Parker

The Baroness

Charmian Carr

Liesl von Trapp

Nicholas Hammond

Friedrich von Trapp

Heather Menzies

Louisa von Trapp

Angela Cartwright

Brigitta von Trapp

Debbie Turner

Marta von Trapp

Kym Karath

Gretl von Trapp

Duane Chase

Kurt von Trapp

Richard Haydn

Max Detweiler

Anna Lee

Sister Margaretta

Portia Nelson

Sister Berthe

Peggy Wood

Mother Abbess

Ben Wright

Herr Zeller

Daniel Truhitte

Rolfe

• Robert WiseDirector · Producer
• Ernest LehmanScreenplay
• Maria von TrappStory
• Peter LevathesExecutive Producer
• Richard D. ZanuckExecutive Producer
• Ted D. McCordDirector of Photography
• Irwin KostalOriginal Music Composer
• Richard RodgersOriginal Music Composer
• William ReynoldsEditor
• Lee WallaceCasting

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Release date

March 29, 1965

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 54m

Rated

G

Budget

$8,200,000

Revenue

$286,214,286

Genres

Drama, Family, Music, Romance

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