The sound of music, music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II ; additional words and music by Richard Rodgers ; screenplay by Ernest Lehman ; directed by Robert Wise ; produced by Argyle Enterprises and released by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Type
Label
The sound of music, music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II ; additional words and music by Richard Rodgers ; screenplay by Ernest Lehman ; directed by Robert Wise ; produced by Argyle Enterprises and released by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
resource.interestGradeLevel
3-adult
Main title
The sound of music
Medium
videorecording
Responsibility statement
music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II ; additional words and music by Richard Rodgers ; screenplay by Ernest Lehman ; directed by Robert Wise ; produced by Argyle Enterprises and released by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Runtime
175
Summary
As Nazism takes over Austria, a governess and a widowed father fall in love and escape the country with his large family of musically-talented children
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Rodgers and Hammerstein's The sound of music
Contributor
- Stuart, Gil
- Baker, Evadne
- Andrews, Julie, 1935-
- Edwards, Julie Andrews, 1935-
- Wise, Robert, 1914-2005
- Kostal, Irwin
- Truhitte, Daniel
- Lloyd, Doris, 1896-1968
- Parker, Eleanor, 1922-
- Haydn, Richard, 1905-
- Lee, Anna, 1913-2004
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
- Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960
- Varden, Norma
- Wood, Peggy, 1892-1978
- Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
- Argyle Enterprises
- Plummer, Christopher
- Nelson, Portia
- Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979
- Wright, Ben, 1915-1989
- Lehman, Ernest, 1915-1955
- Nixon, Marni
Subject
- DVD-Video discs
- Motion pictures
- Closed caption video recordings
- Austria -- History -- 1918-1938 -- Drama
- Musical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Austria -- History -- Fiction
- Trapp Family Singers -- Fiction
- Feature films
- Austria -- History -- 1918-1938 -- Fiction
- Historical films
- Trapp Family Singers -- Drama
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification2
- Contributor23
- Stuart, Gil
- Baker, Evadne
- Andrews, Julie, 1935-
- Edwards, Julie Andrews, 1935-
- Wise, Robert, 1914-2005
- Kostal, Irwin
- Truhitte, Daniel
- Lloyd, Doris, 1896-1968
- Parker, Eleanor, 1922-
- Haydn, Richard, 1905-
- Lee, Anna, 1913-2004
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
- Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960
- Varden, Norma
- Wood, Peggy, 1892-1978
- Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
- Argyle Enterprises
- Plummer, Christopher
- Nelson, Portia
- Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979
- Wright, Ben, 1915-1989
- Lehman, Ernest, 1915-1955
- Nixon, Marni
- Genre5
- Subject12
- DVD-Video discs
- Motion pictures
- Closed caption video recordings
- Austria -- History -- 1918-1938 -- Drama
- Musical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Austria -- History -- Fiction
- Trapp Family Singers -- Fiction
- Feature films
- Austria -- History -- 1918-1938 -- Fiction
- Historical films
- Trapp Family Singers -- Drama