The Trapp Family (1956) DVD-R

Starring Ruth Leuwerik, Hans Holt, Maria Holst, Josef Meinrad, Friedrich Domin
Directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner

Print: Color
Runtime: 106 min.
Genre: Family
Language: German with English subtitles

A novice nun, Maria, is sent to care for the unruly children of a wealthy baron. The baron and Maria fall in love, Maria leaves the convent, and they marry. Under Maria's guidance the family becomes a nationally acclaimed singing group, but when the baron is commissioned to join the German army the family flees to the United States where they endeavor to become established as singers once again. Based upon the true story of the Von Trapp family.