--- title: 'The Sound of Music (1965)' type: 'film' director: 'Robert Wise' released: '1965-03-02' runtime_minutes: 174 genres: - 'Drama' - 'History' - 'Music' - 'Romance' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-sound-of-music-1965' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059742/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Sound of Music (1965) 1965 · 174 min · Drama, History, Music, Romance · United States ## Synopsis The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical drama film produced and directed by Robert Wise from a screenplay written by Ernest Lehman. It is based on the 1959 stage musical composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Lindsay and Crouse, itself based on the 1949 memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp. The film stars Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, with Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Charmian Carr, and Eleanor Parker. Set in Salzburg, Austria, it is a fictional retelling of Maria von Trapp's experiences as governess to seven children, her eventual marriage with their father Captain Georg von Trapp, and their escape during the Anschluss in 1938. ## Credits - **Director:** [Robert Wise](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wise) - **Producer:** [Robert Wise](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wise) - **Screenplay:** [Ernest Lehman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-lehman) - **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Rodgers](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-rodgers) - **Director of Photography:** [Ted McCord](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-mccord) - **Editor:** [William H. Reynolds](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-h-reynolds) ## Cast - [Portia Nelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/portia-nelson) - [Bill Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-lee-2) - [Angela Cartwright](https://cinepixo.com/people/angela-cartwright) - [Marni Nixon](https://cinepixo.com/people/marni-nixon) - [Bill Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-lee) - [Charmian Carr](https://cinepixo.com/people/charmian-carr) - [Eleanor Parker](https://cinepixo.com/people/eleanor-parker) - [Norma Varden](https://cinepixo.com/people/norma-varden) - [Doris Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/doris-lloyd) - [Peggy Wood](https://cinepixo.com/people/peggy-wood) - [Richard Haydn](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-haydn) - [Christopher Plummer](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-plummer) as Georg von Trapp - [Anna Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-lee) - [Julie Andrews](https://cinepixo.com/people/julie-andrews) as Maria von Trapp - [Duane Chase](https://cinepixo.com/people/duane-chase) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-sound-of-music-1965 Film facts: Wikidata (Q60072); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.