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The Sound of Music

1965

In 1930s Austria, a free-spirited young postulant leaves her convent to become governess to a widowed naval captain's seven children, bringing music and warmth back into their regimented home as the shadow of Nazism falls over the country. The beloved musical.

Why it’s here

A Salzburg and Austrian Alps musical centered on Austrian family life during the Anschluss era.

Part of 10 Movies Set in or About Austria

This film is stop 2 of 10 in the hand-ranked outside-view route set in or about Austria. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

This outside view can stamp Austria in the 196 country film challenge.