"The Sound of Music" is a play by the masters of American musicals Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, based on Maria von Trapp. Maria Von Trapp's autobiography: The Story of the Trapp Family Singers. The musical feature film "The Sound of Music" was written by American playwright Lerman.

Plot synopsis

22-year-old Maria is a volunteer nun in the Salzburg monastery of the Sound of Music. However, her lively and nature-loving character always makes her happy. It was to get her into trouble in the convent. The Mother Abbess in the nunnery felt that her lively personality was not suitable for monk life. So, when she received a request from Colonel von Trapp's family for a tutor, she decided to let Maria go, allowing her to explore the true purpose of life. (Interlude: The Sound of Music (Maria), Maria (Nuns))

Maria arrives at the home of Captain Georg Von Trapp and finds out that he is a man with seven children A widower, his long life in the navy and the grief of his deceased wife made him treat his children as strictly as he would a soldier. Soon, Maria understood the reason why the former tutors left. It turned out that the children could not get the care of their father and always used to play tricks on the teachers to attract their father's attention. (Interlude: I Have Confidence (Maria))

The colonel asked Maria to be as strict as him, but Maria did not listen. Instead, she won the friendship of the children with her natural gentleness and kindness. While the colonel was away, she used curtains to sew game costumes for each child, took them to the market, had picnics in the beautiful Alps, and taught them to sing. The children's original restraint and melancholy were gradually replaced by music and laughter. (Interludes in this section: Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Lisa and Rolf), My Favorite Things (Maria), Do-Re-Mi (Maria and the Children))

Soon the colonel came home and Bringing back Uncle Max, whom the kids loved, and Baroness Elsa Schraeder, the colonel's girlfriend who the kids didn't like so much. The colonel was very dissatisfied with Maria's behavior, but he was very moved when he heard the children singing for the Baroness, because Maria brought back the music that had been missing from the family since his wife's death. Maria also prepared a puppet show with the children, and the colonel was attracted by Maria's enthusiasm that could be contagious to others. (Interlude: The Sound of Music Reprise (The Children, The Lonely Goatherd (Maria and the Children), Edelweiss (The Colonel and Lisa))

A few days later, the Colonel and the Baroness held a A grand dance in which the children also sang. Maria demonstrated the Austrian folk dance "Laendler" to the children. , the colonel came over and danced with Maria. At the end of the dance, they looked at each other, and the love between them was clear. The relationship would get deeper and deeper, so she left quietly (this episode: So Long, Farewell (Children))

After Maria left, the Baroness tried her best to please the children. When the children learned that the colonel was going to marry the baroness, they were even more sad. They went to the monastery to find Maria but failed to see her. Maria confessed her love to the colonel and her love for him. Feeling overwhelmed by life, the dean told her to have the courage to climb every mountain in the world to find her true love. So Maria returned to von Trapp's house. After Maria returned, the Baroness found her. The relationship between Maria and the colonel could no longer be restored, so she took the initiative to withdraw from the engagement. The colonel and Maria expressed their feelings to each other, and soon they got married (this episode: Climb Ev'ry Mountain (Dean), My Favorite). Things Reprise (The Children), Something Good (Maria and the Colonel), Maria Reprise (The Sisters)

Unfortunately, their lives did not end happily ever after while they were still on their honeymoon. , the German Nazis occupied Austria. Even the young man Rolf, whom the eldest daughter Lisa loved deeply, became a Nazi. When they rushed back to Salzburg, they found that Nazi flags were everywhere.

While they were away, Uncle Mike, who took care of the children, registered them for the Salzburg Festival. As soon as the colonel returned home, he received a telegram from the Nazis asking him to report to the Nazi Navy immediately. The colonel, who always hated the Nazis, decided to lead his family to leave Austria. When they left the villa at night, they were stopped by the Nazis who had been hiding outside the door to watch them. So the colonel explained that they left to participate in the Hillsborough Festival performance and took out the program list as evidence. Accompanied by the Nazis, they arrived at the venue and performed songs prepared by the children. At this time, the colonel and Maria sang "Edelweiss". The song contained a strong and profound love for their motherland, Austria. Regardless of the Nazi guards holding guns next to them, the audience also sang "Edelweiss" with the colonel. (In this episode: Sixteen Going on Seventeen Reprise (Maria and Lisa), Do-Re-Mi Reprise (Maria, the Colonel and the Children), Edelweiss Reprise (Maria, the Colonel and the Children), So Long, Farewell Reprise (Maria , colonel and children))

After the performance, the colonel and his family fled the performance while the awards were being given. The Nazis chased them all the way to the monastery. With the help of the nuns, the colonel and his family hid in the tombstone. Behind them, evading the Nazis, they crossed the Alps and left Austria. (Interlude in this section: Climb Ev'ry Mountain Reprise (Nuns))

The film is fresh, delicate and touching, and is both elegant and popular. It has both humorous taste and deep and solemn emotions.