The Sound of Music ( 1965 ) was an exceptionally successful film in the mid – 1960s – at the time of its release.
The story follows a good natured, flighty novitiate who is hired to care for seven children of a militaristic, icy, widowed Austrian captain. She ultimately wins the heart of the children and captain, but their lives are threatened by the encroachment of Nazis.
Maria was a novice Salzburg Austrian nun. She spend so much time singing and dancing on the mountainside that she has neglected most of her postulant duties at the Abbey. She hears distant church bells pealing, reminding her that she is late and must immediately return to the nunnery. …
