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 novice nun 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.
The Trapp Family (1956)
Directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner
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Trapp Family
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Based On: The Story of the Trapp Family Singers
Narrative Location: Austria
Subject: about Catholic nuns, about music and musicians
Narrative Location: Austria
Subject: about Catholic nuns, about music and musicians
Alternate Titles
A Família Trapp
BR, PT
De familie Trapp
BE, NL
Die Trapp-Familie
DE
Familien Trapp
DK
Flykten västerut
SE
I oikogeneia Trapp
GR
La famiglia Trapp
IT
La familia Trapp
MX, PE, ES
La famille Trapp
FR
The Trapp Family
, PH, GB, US
Trappin perhe
FI
Η οικογένεια Τραπ
GR
菩提樹
JP