This article is about the film. For the family, see Trapp Family.
1956 film
The Trapp Family
German theatrical release poster
Directed by
Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Screenplay by
George Hurdalek
Herbert Reinecker
Story by
Maria von Trapp
Based on
The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp
Produced by
Ilse Kubaschewski
Starring
Ruth Leuwerik
Hans Holt
Maria Holst
Cinematography
Werner Krien
Edited by
Margot von Schlieffen
Music by
Franz Grothe
Production company
Divina-Film
Distributed by
Gloria Film (West Germany) 20th Century Fox (United States)
Release dates
October 9, 1956 (1956-10-09) (West Germany)
April 19, 1961 (1961-04-19) (United States)
Running time
100 minutes
Country
West Germany
Language
German
Box office
6 million DM (Germany)[1] $800,000 (US)[2]
The Trapp Family (German: Die Trapp-Familie) 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.[3] 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 became one of the most successful German films of the 1950s and was the inspiration for the even more fictionalized 1959 Broadway musical The Sound of Music, and its highly successful 1965 film version. The film had one sequel, The Trapp Family in America (1958).
^"Germany's Top Grossers (Since World War II)". Variety. 9 April 1958. p. 62.
^"O'Seas Films $69,000,000 in US". Variety. 2 May 1962. p. 18.
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