The Sound of Music (1965)
Overview
In the years before the Second World War, 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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $8,200,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $286,214,286.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 39.923 |
Directed By
Robert Wise
Crew
Robert Wise
William Reynolds
Ernest Lehman
Ted D. McCord
Dorothy Jeakins
Margaret Donovan
Ben Nye
Bernard Freericks
Murray Spivack
Paul Beeson
Mark Griffith
John Sellars
Oscar Hammerstein II
Irwin Kostal
Irwin Kostal
Irwin Kostal
Robert Mayer
Richard Rodgers
Marc Breaux
Dee Dee Wood
Adolfo Bartoli
Howard Lindsay
Russel Crouse
Saul Chaplin
Robert Wise
Peter Levathes
Richard D. Zanuck
Irwin Kostal
Lee Wallace
Boris Leven
Ruby R. Levitt
Walter M. Scott
Saul Wurtzel
Ridgeway Callow
Richard Rodgers
Oscar Hammerstein II
Richard Rodgers
TOP CAST
Julie Andrews
Maria
Christopher Plummer
Captain Georg von Trapp
Eleanor Parker
The Baroness
Richard Haydn
Max Detweiler
Peggy Wood
Mother Abbess
Charmian Carr
Liesl von Trapp
Heather Menzies
Louisa von Trapp
Nicholas Hammond
Friedrich von Trapp
Duane Chase
Kurt von Trapp
Angela Cartwright
Brigitta von Trapp
Debbie Turner
Marta von Trapp
Kym Karath
Gretl von Trapp
Anna Lee
Sister Margaretta
Portia Nelson
Sister Berthe
Ben Wright
Herr Zeller
Daniel Truhitte
Rolfe
Norma Varden
Frau Schmidt
Gilchrist Stuart
Franz
Marni Nixon
Sister Sophia
Evadne Baker
Sister Bernice
Doris Lloyd
Baroness Ebberfeld
Ada Beth Lee
Sister Catherine (uncredited)
Doreen Tryden
Sister Agatha (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Party Guest (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
Party Guest (uncredited)
Frank Baker
Party Guest (uncredited)
Bill Lee
Captain Georg von Trapp (singing voice) (uncredited)
Margery MacKay
Mother Abbess (singing voice) (uncredited)
Leoda Richards
Party Guest
Sam Harris
Party Guest (uncredited)
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