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Synopsis

Maria, a postulant at Nonnberg Abbey, is an enthusiastic but somewhat overly energetic young woman, one who seems oddly ill-fitted for being a nun. So, when a request comes to the abbey from a retired Navy captain seeking a governess for his seven (rambunctious) children, the Mother Abbess sees a way to help Maria and help someone in the community, too.

This is the fateful decision that brings Maria and Captain von Trapp together. Though their first meeting starts them out on the wrong foot (almost literally), they both grow to admire, respect, trust, and eventually love one another, and the children learn that their father is no longer distant and cold, nor is Maria like any of the other governesses they've had before. All of this takes place amid the rising social and political tensions of Austria in the late 1930s, as the Nazi regime in neighboring Germany reaches its height...which will impinge on the family's freedom before too long.

Even more spoiler-rific synopsis @ IMDB

Main Characters

image source	Maria, a hopeful nun
image source	Captain Georg von Trapp, a retired Austrian Navy captain with seven children
image source	Liesl von Trapp, eldest daughter
image source	Friedrich von Trapp, eldest son
image source	Louisa von Trapp, second-eldest daughter
image source	Kurt von Trapp, youngest son
image source	Brigitta von Trapp, middle daughter
image source	Marta von Trapp, second-youngest daughter
image source	Gretl von Trapp, youngest daughter
image source	Baroness Elsa Schraeder, Georg's fiancée
image source	Max Detweiler, friend of Georg and Elsa, music producer
image source	The Reverend Mother, Abbess of Nonnberg Abbey
image source	Rolf, a young courier and Liesl's sweetheart (and future Nazi sympathizer)
image source	Herr Zeller, Nazi sympathizer

Full Cast and Crew List @ IMDB

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