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The Sound of Music

Duration: 2 hours, 54 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 25^th Dec 1978, 16:20 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sat 30^th Dec 2023, 19:00 on BBC Four

Available for 11 months

Classic film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical. Irrepressible Maria begins to doubt her vocation and leaves her convent to become governess to the seven children of Captain von Trapp, a widower and retired naval officer. She soon turns the captain's orderly life upside down and instils a love of music in the children. Then the Third Reich annexes Austria... Show less

Contributors

Maria:: Julie Andrews
Captain von Trapp:: Christopher Plummer
The Baroness:: Eleanor Parker
Max Detweiler:: Richard Haydn
Mother Abbess:: Peggy Wood
Liesl:: Charmian Carr
Louisa:: Heather Menzies
Friedrich:: Nicholas Hammond
Kurt:: Duane Chase
Brigitta:: Angela Cartwright
Marta:: Debbie Turner
Gretl:: Kym Karath
Sister Margaretta:: Anna Lee
Sister Berthe:: Portia Nelson
Frau Schmidt:: Norma Varden
Rolfe:: Daniel Truhitte
Director:: Robert Wise
Producer:: Robert Wise
Writer:: Ernest Lehman
Writer:: Richard Rodgers
Writer:: Oscar Hammerstein

Genres

DramaMusical

Formats

Films

Source: BBC Online

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