The most widely praised lively and warm musical film in film history, a classic among Hollywood musicals
Produced in 1965
Director: Robert ·Robert Wise
Starring: Julie Andrews
Christopher Plummer
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Anna Lee
Peggy Wood
Max Detweiler Kym Karat
The movie "The Sound of Music" is based on Mary The autobiographical novel of the same name by Asia Augustus Trapp is adapted from the American Broadway musical of the same name. It is another masterpiece of the new style of musical film by the American musical giant Robert Wise. With the seamless cooperation of the writer, director, and actors, this film has become one of the most classic musicals in film history.
The beautiful nun Maria with a free and kind nature, the beautiful slopes of the Austrian Alps, the clear lakes, the elegant villas, a group of lively and lovely children, and the courage to resist the Nazis and pursue freedom. All deeply touched the hearts of people around the world.
"The Sound of Music" comes from life and is higher than life. It expresses emotions with music and moves people with music. It is full of sunshine and warmth and romance. It combines abstract musical notes, harmonious beauty of nature and cultural landscape. The perfect combination reflects the harmonious and interdependent relationship between man and nature, encouraging people to be optimistic, pursue purity and beauty, strive for freedom and enjoy life, eliminate evil and distracting thoughts, and achieve the ideal state of truth, goodness and beauty. Although the main characters are deliberately beautified, the theme and form are outstanding in no way. The humorous dialogue and plot make the audience lean forward with joy. "The Sound of Music" can be regarded as a wonderful masterpiece in the history of film. It is a work with far-reaching influence. It even goes beyond the scope of artistic works and is measured from the perspectives of art history, sociology, psychology, education, philosophy, etc. All are worthy of study and reference.
"The Sound of Music" is based on a true story that happened in Austria in 1938.
Maria, a trainee nun, is a cheerful and enthusiastic girl. She loves singing and dancing, and also loves the freshness, tranquility and beauty of nature. The abbot felt that Maria was not suitable to live a life isolated from the world, so he introduced her to Salzburg to become a tutor for the seven children of Colonel von Trapp, a former retired officer of the Austrian Imperial Navy.
Von Trapp was a kind and brave patriot. His wife died young. There was no singing or laughter in the house.
Maria came to the colonel's home and found that the colonel's method of managing children was simple and crude. As soon as his whistle sounded, the children ran out of their respective rooms as fast as they could, lined up, and announced their names as required by sailor drills.
At first, the children were repulsive towards Maria and always tried to tease her, but Maria understood what the children were doing as they grew up, she guided them and cared about them , helped them, won their trust, and soon became their close friends and established deep feelings with them.
The colonel was preparing to leave home for Vienna. During this period, Maria and the children rehearsed songs, played games, and went to nature. The whole family added a lot of laughter, joy and life, and was full of music. sound.
When the colonel came back with the baroness who was going to marry him, he found that the dull and cold air in his home had completely changed, and his "sailors" had been trained into a well-educated family chorus. .
Seeing the arrival of the Baroness, Maria knew that she would become the children's new mother, so she left the colonel's house and returned to the monastery after leaving a letter. However, because the Baroness is so serious, the children cannot get along with her. At the same time, the changes Maria brought to the family inspired the Colonel's love for life, brought back the lost happiness, and also aroused his love for Maria. So the colonel finally rejected the baroness, and he came to the monastery to find Maria, and they finally formed a happy partner.
This was the eve of Hitler's annexation of Austria in the 1930s.
On the day the Austrian Folk Music Festival was held in Salzburg, the colonel and Maria received a call from Berlin, ordering the colonel to join the Nazi navy and placing him and his family under close surveillance. Taking the opportunity to participate in the Folk Music Festival, the Trapp Family Chorus dedicated their heartfelt songs in front of their Austrian compatriots. With the help of friends and nuns, the family crossed the Alps and escaped from their troubled motherland. , came to the land of freedom.