---
title: 'The Trapp Family (1956)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Wolfgang Liebeneiner'
released: '1956-10-10'
runtime_minutes: 106
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-trapp-family-1956'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049876/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Trapp Family (1956)

1956 · 106 min · Drama, Comedy · Germany

Original title: Die Trapp-Familie

## Synopsis

The Trapp Family is a 1956 West German comedy drama film about the real-life Austrian musical family of that name directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Ruth Leuwerik, Hans Holt, and Maria Holst. Based on Maria von Trapp's 1949 memoir, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, the film is about a Benedictine postulant sent to care for the unruly children of a wealthy baron, who falls in love with and marries the young woman. Through her caring influence, the family becomes a famous singing group. When the baron is pressured to join Hitler's navy, the family escapes to the United States, where they establish themselves as singers.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Wolfgang Liebeneiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-liebeneiner)
- **Screenplay:** [Herbert Reinecker](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-reinecker), [George Hurdalek](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-hurdalek), [Maria von Trapp](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-von-trapp)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Franz Grothe](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-grothe)
- **Producer:** [Ilse Kubaschewski](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilse-kubaschewski)
- **Director of Photography:** [Werner Krien](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-krien)
- **Editor:** [Margot von Schlieffen](https://cinepixo.com/people/margot-von-schlieffen)

## Cast

- [Gretl Theimer](https://cinepixo.com/people/gretl-theimer)
- [Friedrich Domin](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-domin)
- [Agnes Windeck](https://cinepixo.com/people/agnes-windeck)
- [Hilde von Stolz](https://cinepixo.com/people/hilde-von-stolz)
- [Franz Muxeneder](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-muxeneder)
- [Karl Ehmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-ehmann)
- [Liesl Karlstadt](https://cinepixo.com/people/liesl-karlstadt)
- [Ruth Leuwerik](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-leuwerik)
- [Hans Holt](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-holt)
- [Josef Meinrad](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-meinrad)
- [Hans Schumm](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-schumm)
- [Ursula Wolff](https://cinepixo.com/people/ursula-wolff)
- [Michael Ande](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-ande)
- [Joseph Offenbach](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-offenbach)
- [Maria Holst](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-holst)

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