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The Sound of Music

Classic film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical in which a novice nun (Julie Andrews) leaves her convent to accept a position as governess to a large family.

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...

2 hours, 54 minutes

Last on

Sun 25 Aug 2024 15:50

Music Played

  • Richard Rodgers

    The Sound of Music

    Performer: Julie Andrews. Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Overture and Preludium (Dixit Dominus)

  • Richard Rodgers

    Maria

    Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II.
  • Richard Rodgers

    I Have Confidence

    Performer: Julie Andrews.
  • Richard Rodgers

    Sixteen Going on Seventeen

    Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Performer: Daniel Truhitte. Performer: Charmian Carr.
  • Julie Andrews

    My Favorite Things

  • Richard Rodgers

    Do-Re-Mi

    Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Performer: Julie Andrews.
  • Richard Rodgers

    The Sound of Music

    Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II.
  • Richard Rodgers

    The Lonely Goatherd

    Performer: Julie Andrews. Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II.
  • Richard Rodgers

    Edelweiss

    Performer: Christopher Plummer. Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II.
  • Richard Rodgers

    So Long, Farewell

    Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II.
  • Richard Rodgers

    The Sound of Music

    Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II.
  • Richard Rodgers

    Climb Ev'ry Mountain

    Performer: Peggy Wood. Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II.
  • Julie Andrews

    My Favorite Things

  • Richard Rodgers

    Something Good

    Performer: Julie Andrews. Performer: Christopher Plummer.
  • Richard Rodgers

    Sixteen Going on Seventeen

    Performer: Julie Andrews. Performer: Charmian Carr. Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II.
  • Richard Rodgers

    Do-Re-Mi

    Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II.
  • Richard Rodgers

    Edelweiss

    Performer: Julie Andrews. Performer: Christopher Plummer. Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II.
  • Richard Rodgers

    So Long, Farewell

    Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II.
  • Richard Rodgers

    Climb Ev'ry Mountain

    Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II.

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Julie Andrews on Desert Island Discs
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Credits

Role Contributor
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

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Julie Andrews Biography

Julie Andrews, DBE is an actress, singer, author, theatre director, and dancer.