Sound of Music
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The Sound of Music is a stage musical that was adapted for film in 1965. It is set in Salzburg, Austria. The film was a box office record-breaker in 29 countries, won five Oscars including Best Sound, Best Music and Best Picture, and was once the highest grossing movie of all time. While the film has never been popular in Austria, it is a great showcase of locations of the Alps.
UnderstandThe Trapp Family was an Austrian singing group, whose story has been told in several versions; Maria von Trapp's 1949 memoir, the 1956 West German feature film Die Trapp-Familie, the 1959 stage musical The Sound of…
Destinations
Go nextThe film misses out on many of Salzburg's greatest visitor attractions, such as the Hohensalzburg Fortress, Mozart's house, and the Stiegl Brewery.
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- Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons