The Trapp Family
Cast & Crew
Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Ruth Leuwerik
Hans Holt
Josef Meinrad
Maria Holst
Friedrich Domin
Film Details
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Synopsis
In the 1930's, Maria, a high-spirited novice in an Austrian convent, is sent to the ancestral home of the widowed Baron von Trapp to care for his seven children. Appalled by the stern discipline the baron enforces, Maria teaches the children games and encourages them to lead the happy life of normal youngsters. Maria's violation of his orders so angers the baron that he decides to discharge her; but when he hears his children singing songs taught them by Maria, he has a change of heart. As time passes, the baron falls deeply in love with the young woman, and he asks her to become his wife. Maria returns to her convent, obtains permission from her mother superior to renounce her vows, and becomes the Baroness von Trapp. Encouraged by a neighborhood priest, Dr. Wassner, Maria and the children begin singing for charity, and before long they have a huge following. Soon after the Nazi annexation of Austria, the baron is dispossessed of his fortune, and he and his family emigrate to the United States. Their music attracts little attention at first, and disappointment follows disappointment, but critical acclaim and large audiences eventually come. Encouraged, they buy a farm in Vermont and decide to remain in their adopted country.
Director
Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Cast
Ruth Leuwerik
Hans Holt
Josef Meinrad
Maria Holst
Friedrich Domin
Hilde Von Stolz
Michael Ande
Ursula Wolff
Angelika Werth
Knut Mahlke
Monika Wolf
Ursula Ettrich
Monika Ettrich
A. D. Edel
Agnes Windeck
Liesl Karlstadt
Alfred Balthoff
Hans Schumm
Gretl Theimer
Karl Ehmann
Franz Muxeneder Und Die Kinder
Wolfgang Wahl
Adrienne Gessner
Peter Esser
Holger Hagen
Betty Jackson
Emiljosef Hunek
Till Klockow
Benton C. Lombard
Phyl Senter
Mildred Clinton
Frank Holms
Emory Richardson
Gerald Metcalfe
Crew
Heinz Abel
Salvatore Billitteri
Hans Endrulat
Kurt Graunke
Franz Grothe
Robert Herlth
Georg Hurdalek
Herbert Junghans
Lee Kresel
Lee Kresel
Werner Krien
Gerhard Krüger
Rudolf Lamy
Laci Martin
Franz Mayrhofer
Zlata Mehlers
Martin Müller
Kurt Paetz
Herbert Reinecker
Wolfgang Reinhardt
Sid Samuels
Margot Von Schlieffen
Charlotte Schmidt-kersten
Brigitte Scholz
Robert Sherwood
Utz Utermann
Gottfried Will
Film Details
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Notes
Copyright length: 97 min. The film is a compilation of two West German features: Die Trapp-Familie, released in West Germany in 1956; running time: 103 min; and Die Trapp-Familie in Amerika, released in West Germany in October 1958; running time: 105 min. No information has been found about the songs in this film.
