Scene: The Trapp Family 1956 In English

[missbs1]

oh my, I had no idea there was an other verson from the 50's :D

[purpleshamrock17]

This movie definitely has its merits; it keeps the children's original names (except for Johanna, why didn't they just change Maria's name?) , it shows what their lives were like in America and it shows that Maria and the Captain had more children together. HOWEVER I will always be loyal to "The Sound of Music" Still, without this movie we wouldn't have SOM in the first place. :)

[Juliaflo]

Without the Trapps, there would be no Osmonds or Jacksons. Think of it.

[cythara1]

I saw this movie when I was a kid - before Sound of Music came out. I liked it better than the Sound of Music. I am also a musician (classical) and in the years after was able to get a record of the real von Trapp singing and playing recorders. They were really very good musicians playing baroque and classical chamber music and singing madrigals and German/Austrian folk songs. They also added American and British folksongs later. The Sound of Music is 3rd rate portrayal of the family.

[LeAnschie]

This is interesting. Where did you get the English version? I didn't realize that there even was one.

[philthethrill100]

@LeAnschie You can get the VHS from amazon.

[mr1962me]

The depiction of Georg Von Trapp in this movie is more accurate to the quite easy going disposition of the real Georg Von Trapp.

[roswellatup]

clitoris

[Serrano2012]

OMG...the little one the baby...she is sooo cute! awh!

[itchytastyurr]

fan of the anime world masterpiece theatre version the names and age order are diferent though- oldest to youngest :rupert, hedwig, werner, joanna, maria, martina, agatha. oh nostalgia

[barkingtree88]

This is what the children were truly named I think.

[etbella3]

@barkingtree88 The prequel to the Sound of Music. Like The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.

[etbella3]

@etbella3 Other famous movies with prequels -- Silence of the Lambs and Psycho.

[mindspring57]

This scene, showing the introduction of the children and the use of the whistle, is taken from Maria's 1949 book, "The Story of the Trapp Family Singers." In Maria's 1972 book, "Maria," however, she stated, "The captain was not at home when I arrived . . . Baroness Matilda . . . introduced the children to me . . ."

[smith6789able]

These were the real names of the Von Trapp children. The Sound of Music changed the names.

[Allmusicals13]

The names of the children are different.

[jaztin4u]

The Sound of Music was more better and a lot of singing!!

[PeterPiper00]

@jaztin4u The Sound of Music was a MUSICAL. The definition of a musical is that there is a lot of singing in it.

[Layna8]

I came across ur posting of the original version of Sound of Music...

I could only find the one segment of the introduction of Fraulein Maria to the children...do u have the rest?

Can this movie be bought somewhere, as I have never seen it?

I didn't even know that there was an original before the Julie Andrews version.

Sound Of Music is one of my favorite movies of all time.

Thanku,

God Bless,

Layna.

Vancouver, Canada.

[theothersituation]

is this some weird version of the sound of music??

[amsds9147]

@theothersituation This was actually made before "The sound of music." It's a movie about the life of the Family Trapp, made in Austria with Austrian actors. "The sound of music" came after that but is more popular nowadays.

[PeterPiper00]

@amsds9147 This movie was not Austrian. It was made in Germany with German actors. It was a big hit in Germany and Austria.

[purpleshamrock17]

@cybertail my guess is because (as you saw) one of the children was named Maria and so instead of just changing her name to avoid confusion they just changed all the other names for uniformity. Plus, the Sound of Music is largely inaccurate anyway. Still, i love it! :)

[marcrisan1]

YO VI LA PRIMERA VERSION DE LA PELICULA CUANDO ERA CHICA

SIEMPRE LA RECORDE

Y DE ADOLESCENTE DISFRUTE LA SEGUNDA VERSION AMBAS HERMOSAS!!!

GRACIAS POR LOS VIDEOS

[shotttttgun587]

yeah, I try also to find also ther german movie with english... anyone know where to get that?

[Greg98233]

I remember seeing this early version a LONG time ago! I thought it was very good. Would love to see the whole thing again!

[mabarig]

Does anyone know where I can get this movie DVD, in German with English subtitles? thanks

I like the Sound of Music, but the German movie is my favorite

[kynismos]

Discipline, discipline!!

[kynismos]

That's how you bring up children.

[JasielMartin92]

I Prefer The Sound Of Music Better!

[PeterPiper00]

@JasielMartin92 Please...

Either... "I prefer the Sound of Music" or "I like the Sound of Music better". but not "I prefer the Sound of Music better".

[Anastasia5762]

can  you upload al it please

[PeterPiper00]

@Anastasia5762 Somebody did upload the whole thing a couple of years ago but YouTube deleted it. They mentioned some mumbo-jumbo about copyright.

[allanfisch]

This reminds me of the French version of Gigi. Hollywood took more than a few cues from these films, in some cases borrowing camera angles,staging ,etc...

[Fawkes22]

Hehe this clip is from the german movie... I just can't remember the title of it.

The actress, who plays Maria tehre, her name is Ruth Leuberig

[rubmscl]

@Fawkes22

her name is Ruth Leuwerik - the baron is played by Hans Holt

[sistalinda]

This is nice.

Christopher Plummer and Julie Andrews and quite a bit more chemistry.

I really love the version from the 60's

[u2beuser2]

I read the book two times and there was a sequel to the book too (not as good as the first,of course).

[overmyheadcrazy]

The captain is more gentle and quiet here as where the Sound of Music he is loud and rough.

[SparklersElite08]

who are the real von trapp kids??

coz apparently they had the same lives but not in a musical?

[ErinsChannel01]

I don't know... I think I like the 1965 version of this clip better, but that also could be because I've seen it much more than this. At least for this version they didn't change the childrens' names like they did in the 1965 version.

[lablover959]

Look at little Werner! So young!!!!

[barrynchi]

wow..where did you get this? I have always wanted to see how close it is to the real story. I read this book when I was a kid and, ofcourse, the Sound of Music is very fictionalized.

[mollymoosy]

YEAH

[ABroadwaystar2534]

what were the children's names??

[fairytalePretending]

In this movie: Rupert, Werner, Agathe, Hedwig, Maria, Rosemarie, Martina.

[LaMusicaVa]

In real life: Rupert, Agathe, Maria, Werner, Hedwig, Johanna, Martina. Rosmarie was Maria's own daughter, her oldest.

[1stCassiusStorme]

Maria had two daughters and a son named Johannes, as well.

[u2beuser2]

unlike in the Sound of Music, Uncle Max in the movie was actually in real life Father Wasner, a priest ...similar to uncle max but he stays around more in the story rather than just before they leave Austria and uncle Max isn't a priest.

[AndreaMimi]

The real von Trapps are/were:

Rupert, (1911-1992), Agathe (* 1913), Maria Franziska (* 1914), Werner (1915-2007), Hedwig (1917-1972), Johanna (1919-1994) and Martina (1921-1951).

There half-silblings Rosemarie (* 1929), Eleonore (* 1931) and Johannes (* 1939) are also alive.