My parents decided to stay in Vermont at the lodge. My sister and I joined them; I remember it as if it was just yesterday. I was around 8 years old at the time, and when we drove up a hill to the lodge, Maria was on the side of the road carrying two heavy pails. She was trudging up the hill, and my mother got so excited to recognize her she instinctively beeped the horn….pretty sure she startled her. When we checked into our room, my sister and I were so disappointed there was no tv. As I look back now, I realize how silly we were. That summer night, after checking in, we ate dinner. Maria was in the kitchen, I had the scallops in a creamy sauce. I still remember exactly how delicious they were. Maria came to our table and my parents remarked that I had loved my scallops. She looked at me, smiled and told me I was a beautiful little girl. I have met many famous people in my life, hands down she left me with one of the most wonderful impressions.
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Maria was a difficult woman far from the sweet Julie Andrew's portrayal, BUT she was a surviver & softened as she aged & drew near to the Lord Jesus as her friend beyond her religion...
I saw _The Sound of Music_ in 1976 in a theater up in Canada with my parents when I was 12. I had no idea what I was about to watch. I was entranced and enthralled throughout the whole movie. I never realized back then that Julie Andrews also played Mary Poppins, whom I also loved. When we came home from that trip I bought the soundtrack for it on a cassette tape and I sang along with Julie Andrews every day. I wanted to become a school teacher when I grew up and I did. One of my favorite things was teaching the kids to sing. Thanks for this video. It's wonderful. 🌟 I also used to go to the hills by myself all the time and sing and play just like Maria did in the movie. Back then it was totally safe.
I was at boarding school with nuns, so movie very relatable. Saw it on vacation and returned after to tell the other students the story. The Capital City I lived in; had the movie before other places. An Austrian background, amazing talent, quality and quantity of songs, Actors and engrossing story reflected the times, when Movies were influencers in the best most positive manner.
I knew Maria, although peripherally. My father installed sound systems at the lodge. I photographed her for Vermont Educational Television. First, to address the idiot who claimed she was a man, she was most definitely a woman and much more of a person than a sad youtube troll with no life and an intelligence less than that of a Vermont rock. She WAS feisty. A classic example was when a plumber came to the lodge to do work and handed a bill that was not anything but "You owe me -" She refused to pay and others had to tell the guy that she would absolutely pay all honest charges, but he had to break out the materials and labor. The singers were fantastic in religious songs. I have at least one of the original records of them. The family was fractious. There is a whole book that could be written there. That she kept things together was amazing and a testament to her skill and will. May her history, and that of others, be safe from trolls and revisionists with no life of their own.
@@sebrinagilbert2892 Wouldn't it? They already have a start, as they know the local merchants and tradesmen experienced conflicts with Maria. I'll bet there are stories galore in the area.
Very well said! I get a laugh at all the Trolls in Mommy's basement too!!! My father was a Colonel after the war with Canadian Intel and he took us to the movie! He knew the story
Boy, this brings back a memory or two! Back when I was in high school, my dad was quite the skinflint. He gave me .25 cents a week. Out of this quarter I was expected to buy my own lunches at school. This didn't work out well as the cheapest thing in the school cafeteria was .20 cents, thus I had to pick which day I would have lunch for the week. I hated this, so i just quit eating lunch altogether. I saved up my quarters and bought books from the local book club instead, stories that could take me away and make me forget for awhile. When I finished each book, I slipped it into the small bookshelf we had at home. I had no idea what was happening with them at that point, as they were always in the shelf right where I left them whenever I was home. I'd put 'Little Big Man', and 'Escape From Alcatraz' into the shelf. Then I finished reading and shelved 'The Trapp Family Singers'. Suddenly, I was summoned by father after school one day. I figured I was about to catch heck for something, when to my great surprise he told me I needed a raise and he was going to give me $5.00 per week! He said I should use a little to buy lunch, and use all the rest to "...buy the most excellent of books to read from that book club thing that you go to". I went into shock! I had no idea that dad was reading my books on the sly! And amazed even more that he thought my choices were wonderful! So yeah, "The Trapp Family Singers" got me enough of a raise that I could have a bit of lunch every day, and still save up for 'good books'! Thought dad was gonna have an ecstatic coronary when I brought home "The Complete Works of Mark Twain". Had no clue he darn near worshipped Twain... He loved it even if it was just a plain old paperback. And Mom started slipping me a little cash too, 'to buy books with", but I used the money she gave me for lunches. Of course, my dad knew nothing about that. We just left well enough alone.
One of my friend's from high school married a Von Trapp. He was a grandson of one of Maria's children. They have a dairy and are still quite happy all these decades later.
I went to school with the Van Trapp grandchildren and remember seeing Maria at school functions. There is still a small farm and an amazing green house here in Waitsfield, Vermont.
The real Maria was way more interesting than the one they portrait in the movie, she had more depth and character, a really tough lady that knew how to deal with the terrible issues of war and dictators.
I saw the original Trapp Family Singers - they came to Australia when I was about 7 years old. We went as a group from a Catholic school I attended at the time. I loved them!!
So relieved. Going by the click-bait title, I thought it would be revealed that Maria was secretly a devotee of the axis powers. NOT. You know why the real Maria was far more complicated and nuanced than the character in the Julie Andrews portrayal? Because she was a real person.
This was a good video. The only quibble I have is that the narrator said she was a nun and lived as a nun. Maria never was a nun. She was a novice and had not taken final vows. This is the reason she could be sent to take care of the children.
@@sherry9547 Nazi means National Socialist party. The first two syllables of nationalist are pronounced Na-Zi, & that's shorthand for Nationalist. It's Nationalists who rabidly worship a twisted, violent and hateful perversion of patriotism, above all else. That is what the name meant to Hitler and people in Germany at the time, as well as to my ancestors who thankfully mostly left Germany by the Great Depression.
Since the Sound of Music is my favorite movie, the fact that the Von Trapp Family was not exactly as portrayed came as an unwelcome shock at age 7 when my very unusual Second Grade teacher made that clear, urging us to read the book!😮😅 At 65 I would be very interested in it despite my love for the movie, its songs, and characters as portrayed. Thank you for the information and candor. Truth is becoming a rare commodity in our current system of things worldwide.
My grandfather was a widowed farmer with 2 small children in the early 1900s. He hired my teenage grandmother to watch the children. My grandfather proposed to my grandmother ( who was 17 years younger than him). She was so in love with the children she married him. She soon fell in love and went on to have 6 more children.
@@virginiabowman843 I think it was a common thing back then. My grandfather needed more than just a babysitter. He needed someone full time to watch the kids and my grandmother filled the bill. My aunt had uncle called her Mum all her life. They loved her like she loved them.
I read her autobiography. I used to see her in a fabric shop and outside the lodge. Lunch and afternoon tea at the tea house were favorites for our guests.
Yes it was a truly popular film when it was released, I saw it at a cinema in Kitwe Zambia in the early 60s. Thoroughly enjoyed the film as a little boy. Was perplexed by the ending and walking back to our car asked my Aunt why they had to run away over the mountains. She explained that a war was coming and they did not want to be involved.
The von Trapp children lived good long lives except for Hedwig who died at 45 and Martina at 31 during childbirth. She was the baby of the original 7. Johannes, born in the United States, is the last one alive at 85. Every other sibling lived into their 70s, 80s or 90s. Maria Franziska lived the longest, dying at 99. When Maria became their governess and then mother, she was only between 6 and 10 years older than the four eldest children and was only 16 when the youngest, Martina, was born. It would explain why she was firm mother with them. The only family member who didn’t become a US citizen was Georg. The girls applied for citizenship, and Rupert and Werner became citizens through their military service during WW2. It’s a shame that their home in Austria was tainted by Heinrich Himmler.
I was a 4th grader in Taiwan when The Sound of Music came out. My teacher recommended that everyone watch the movie 3 times: first time for the story, second time for the music and third time for the beautiful Austrian vista.
For writer's you must maintain control of your First North American Serial Rights. Someone unfamiliar with the laws may find themselves taken advantage of, as was probably the case for Maria Von Trapp.
Yes, in her book she said she thought she was making a great financial decision and wanted to do it on her own, selling the rights to the book, without telling her family. This was a huge mistake, of course! She wasnt that great with money and didn’t keep any of the royalties!! I’m sure the family wasn’t happy but they couldn’t have known that it would eventually become a Broadway play and famous movie. Anyway, it was her fault for signing the papers without getting input from the family. But she was proud and stubborn. They had to work hard at their signing career and lodge.
When I was a child in the 60's and 70's, Maria did a number of guest appearances on television shows. I remember when she appeared on the Julie Andrews show. She was always known for her deep, abiding love of the Lord. She wasn't perfect, of course, but I will always remember her as one of the heros of the Christian faith.
I love the movie "Sound of Music" with Julie Andrew portraying Maria. I do have a book written by one of the Von Trapp children that talks about their everyday life from Austria and finally settling down in Vermont. I was happy to hear that the real Maria had a cameo in the movie. I bet she was a feisty woman who could keep things together. I don't think their story will ever be forgotten.
Not "darker" necessarily - just different, but of course that doesn't garner as many clicks. I worked on the London stage production of SoM, and although it's some time ago now, my recollection is that the producer (Ross Taylor) emphasised the feistiness of Maria's character rather more than the Hollywood film did. Petula Clarke and Michael Jayston were both superb leads. Whingeing apart, this is a really good summary of a very complex story.
Hate to say it but my understanding was Maria was kind of obnoxious. Also the train tracks ran very near their house. But I think the danger to the family was very real.
THE STORY OF THE TRAPP FAMILY SINGERS by Maria Augusta Trapp, written on 1949. The story of the family, before and after Maria, was also written by the oldest daughter.
Just too bad she gave up rights to her life story. But despicable that the studio didn't invite the family to the premiere. I just hope they actually paid them well for the rights.
@hazelkagey6739. What was she thinking giving up rights to her life story to make it out as we have seen in the movies .its a pity .imagine if she hadnt and was there in the studio when making the movie it would have id say been done the true way of her life in the family with out the romantic singing and nuns singing (how do you solve a problem like maria ) i dont think so .
As an Austrian I travelled 40 years ago through Australia, New Zealand, USA. Many people asked me excitet about Sound of music. Even I was very pleased about the immense interest, I had to answer, that this film is too "much american, too much Hollywood ", so it is not popular in Austria at all.
I would wager Austrians didn’t like being reminded of their direct involvement with and acceptance of the Nazi regime. After all, Hitler was from Austria.
To be hounest, I am always amazed about how much is true. He did oppose the nazi's, they did marry after she came to care about the children, he was asked for a position in the army. Quite some details are true.
While i loved sound of music when it was released, i had previously seen the earlier black n white film the von trap family story which wasnt a musical, it followed the book. I wish they would show the original movie more. Everyone needs to read the book.
Nice video. It was pretty obvious the movie had little to do with the actual story from which it took some of its premise but it was still a great movie. That being said, one thing the movie got right that this video got wrong was that Maria was never a nun, she was a novice who had not yet taken her vows. That would be important to the story because if she was a nun she would not have been allowed to have gotten married within the Catholic Church. From what I can see in her book there's no way she would have married if she couldn't have done so within the Church. She and close friends of hers have written books (individually, not together) of beautiful traditions of cultures within the Catholic Church, traditions that are now pretty much gone. It's nice they made some record of it.
No she did get scarlet fever. When she and the family were on vacation, they stay at farm and found out the next morning that the farmer children had the fever. Two of the Von Trapp children got it at that time and Maria nursed them through and came down with it after they recover. It cause health issues for Maria the rest of her life. I read Maria’s book that the SOM was loose basic on and it in one of the chapter after she married the captain.
I had scarlet fever at age 3, in 1958. I knew it could be deadly, but I didn't know about all the other complications that might also arise. I was blessed!
I too had it in the 60's, but by then it was a non-issue. I remember having only some spots on my skin. Still I had to stay home from school extra and they had to report it. To the CDC or whatever existed then. Once I was released back to school, I was told not to dwell on or talk about it. 🤔
My mother had it in the 60s. It was not a non-issue. She lost 95 percent of the hearing in her right ear and had lifelong mental and social complications because of the fever.
@@fjdoucet1465 I am truly saddened to learn that. I only suppose experiences varied and that I had good results with the antibiotics given me whereas some did not or did not start them as early on as I did. Only speculating.
A wonderful review of Maria von Trapp’s biography. However, it's important to remember that while 'The Sound of Music' is a beloved musical, it’s not a documentary and took some creative liberties with the real story
@@anonnymowse The basic structure was accurate, they took liberties with some things though like by the time they left Austria they had been married for 10 years and Maria had 2 children, they changed the names of all the children, they left on a train the day before the boarders closed rather than going over the mountains.
@@amandamandamands As I said, a big bunch of lies to make Maria, the aspiring nun, look good. The story is a lot darker than the happy family which they weren't.
As someone with Bavarian and Austrian relatives, and myself a first generation American (from my Father's side) of German and Prussian parents, I can state, that in my personal experience German/Australian fathers tend to have a soft spot for their kids, especially the daughters. The sons are held to a higher standard in both expectation of achievement and obligation to family and society. At least for my generation and before to be sure. So hearing that Maria was stricter than her husband with the kids, was an echo of my experience with my parents and my grandparents. But that was a different time and place, now as I am almost 60 years of age, can only wonder at the behavior of children today, to their parents, and even extended family. Oh, did I mention, was the first born son in my family... my younger sisters got away with all kinds of foolishness, but not I. My father even once said, when I questioned him about my need to learn German, but living in the U.S., and I quote, "Why should I take the time to teach them German? After all they are not smart enough, where you are." Was my father sexist? I would say so.... but he loved my sisters dearly, So I guess he just never had high expectations for them? Even my grandmother suggested this was the case, in her constant reminders to me, "You are my first born grandson, nothing will ever change that. Now... do what I say, I want no debate."
I have always loved the Sound of Music ever since I was a kid. The scene of when Maria fell in love witb.Georg and then the marriage ceremony was very well done. The climax was when the Von Trapps had to flee Austria after it was occupied by the Nazis in 1938. After many hardships, they crossed the Atlantic Ocean to the United States. Both of these sons served in the armed forces during WW2, and became American citizens. Later they settled in Vermont and built a lodge which became very successful. I agree that it was a shame that their estate was desecrated by Heinrich Himmler.
Well the true story has been out for decades- I’ve read all her books and 1 or 2 biographies plus Agathe Von Trapp’s book as well. That last one tells about their life with their first mother, and what life with Maria was like from the viewpoint of the eldest daughter. I highly recommend it!!
I read her autobiography in middle school, found it in my school library, in the late 70s. I agree, her real life was way more interesting than how they depicted her in the film. But it's Rodgers and Hammerstein, what do you expect? 😂 Don't get me wrong, I love R&H, but they always did sanitize their source material! 😂
I read Maria's autobiography. She described her uncle's abusive behavior and her resultant bad attitude toward authority. Her discovery of God's love and her consequent desire to be a nun was a funny one, since she would never obey anyone! The big difference between Maria of the movie and Maria's autobiography really cracked me up! Yes, she had a sense of humor.
Trauma based society. This causes mental illness. My ancestors are survivors from ww2. Trying to establish control in a world of chaos. My generation is here to heal.
There is an old one. I saw it as a teenager. Some friends of ours had it. It shows them coming into New York Harbor & some of their life in the US. I don't remember the name, but now I want to see it again & will have to try to find it!
Wow, this is quite a video! My family and I visited the Trapp Family Lodge in Vermont in 1998, as part of a trip to Vermont. It was at the top of a mountain. My fondest memory of this trip is that my 4 daughters ran around a field. Looking at the background mountains, it reminded me of the 1964 Sound of Music Movie. My biggest conclusion from this video is that the German government robbed the Avon Trapps from the compensation that they rightly deserved from the 1964 Sound of Music Movie! This was a tragic twist to this video.
My mother's side of the family is originally from Vermont and my grandma actually add pictures of the original Lodge in Vermont. The one that is standing today is the second one because the first one burned down. My grandma also happened to meet and get to know most of the children. And then it's funny because Maria von trapp's birthday is January 26th, and then my grandma left years and years later because I her oldest granddaughter was born on January 26th. And then her youngest great-granddaughter also born on January 26th.
The sound of music is my favorite movie so far. It even inspired me as a young girl to go see Europe one day which I did in 2004 and again in 2008 when I decided to stay till 2013. Every Christmas I watch the film and it brings back good memories of my childhood and my travels to Europe. 😊
The Sound of Music is virtually unknown in Germany. I was delighted to be able to show it to my German husband who is a music teacher. He was overwhelmed with it - I'll never forget. And for other Americans, the whole do-re-mi thing did not originate with the film as I assumed!
That is because there is a German film about the Von Trapps, earlier and much more musical and faithful to the real story. And a sequel about the family already in America. For germans it's much more agreeable. And for anyone, but these films were never shown in other countries, as the distributors worldwide are American, such as WB, etc. That way, people in Europe are only allowed to watch American movies and those of their own countries, with very rare exceptions.
I remember reading her autobiography in high school, back around 1962 0r 63. There was also a movie at about that time (not a musical), so Sound Of Music was just a retelling of a story I already knew. I realized that the musical was a highly romanticized version, and not historically accurate, but it did not reduce my enjoyment of the play, nor did it have any impact my high opinion of Maria Trapp.
Maria was voiciferous about her complete dipleasure of the Americanized version about her and her family when she first saw the film. She made a big to do about it which no one could blame her for ! They used her. That is a reason for tearing up the contracts that were sent to her years later. She hated Hollywood and everyone knew that you had better not anger Maria !
Good for her! One thing I agreed with her (that I read any way) was she argued with the US film makers about having the family cross the alps to escape Austria. She sputtered that had the family done that they would have crossed right into Hitler's mountain home! Supposedly she was told not to argue with cinema - cinema has its own rules of geography. 😄
@@justyne8627 Oh for the Love Of God. What a ridiculous thing to say ! She did get back at them though by never signing anything from them ever again. I love her moral loyalty to her family and the Truth !
@Catherine-i1w Good comment I think, but where did I say she didn't get back at them? At what or whom? What is so ridiculous about my comment? Is English your 1st language?
@@justyne8627 I was 100% in agreement with you and still am. I meant that Cinema has other rules was ridiculous ! Maria got back at Hollywood/ Cinema by refusing to sign further contracts with them.
In the autobiografy, she wrote that her husband lost almost all of their money, saving it in the austrian bank that went bankrupted in the middle thirties. So they had to find new sources of income, lending their home to students and priests, touring around Europe singing... that made von Trapp very sad and bitter. He was already older, and as submarine officer in ww1 contracted lung cancer. But she was young, fearless, harsh, energetic and willing to fight for survival. That was many times to much for him and some of more sensitive kids... Von Trapp was born in the same city as I - Zadar, today Croatia. His first wife was the granddaughter of J. Whitehead, inventor of torpedo, living in city of Rijeka, today Croatia. He was extremely rich... And von Trapp was knighted for his achievings in ww1.
My mother was obsessed with The Sound of Music album. (that one and Camelot) My dad said she nearly drove him crazy playing it all the time. I remember listening to it many times as a child.
Having been brought up with the 'Sound of Music' this video has been a very interesting insight to the true Marie Von Trapp and her family and adventures. Thank you.
Bad temper or not, she was an angel for taking on a man and his seven kids after a life as a nun. And she could organise, for sure!! It is a pity about the fires which do not sound coincidental imo.
Such sad and disgusting comments the further down you scroll I read the autobiography she wrote (I remember not being very impressed) and I also read the memoir by one of the daughters. In 2024, the only remaining von Trapp child is the youngest child and son Johannes. His children and grandchildren have recorded music in the past and I think they are also the operators of the lodge in Vermont. Many of the older von Trapp daughters never married and became missionaries or teachers, I remember reading that one of the boys became a doctor. George von Trapp never applied for American citizenship, dying in 1948. Prior to meeting Maria, Georg was briefly involved with a wealthy British lady, a cousin of his late wife; their parting was not as dramatic as the film shows The train they hopped on to escape was just across their backyard. The borders were dlosed the next day. They sang in Italy and Switzerland to earn money before coming to the US
He made it here, but unlike his wife and children, he never became a citizen. Johannes, the baby, was born here after their arrival. He’s the only one still alive. He’ll turn 86 in January.
I'm just going to comment that I'm mad about the clickbait title. This was my favorite movie and I know about the true story, too. Maria von Trapp was a hero and a wonderful person.
I read some articles about her that were far from complimentary. Personally think she was highly controlling, but she did manage to get them work and the inn located in Vermont.
My friends Aunt & Uncle were missionaries, they were lovely kind thoughtful people one of their colleagues was a Von Trapp daughter a nun, Maria used to visit her daughter, they said everyone dreaded her visits she was one of the nastiest people they have ever met, nothing like the film character.
Love is a choice, its about you not who you love only your character. There a building in Yellowstone or Glacier or Waterton national parks that looks like the Von Trapp home at minute 15:54.
If you read her autobiography, you'll see why. She was realy devoted Christian. The character of catholic friar Wiesner was substituted with funny dandy Max. Actualy, great movie, but very loosely about the real Maria...
I am not certain when the family changed their performing name from the Trapp Family Choir to the Trapp Family Singers, but I think it was after they came to the US.
Another thing the film changes is the age of the children when they leave Austria for Italy which many of the children and their father had citizenship due to where they were born. All but the youngest who I think was about 17 were adults. They had two daughters in Italy and their son was born in Vermont. The son runs the family lodge. Also one of the sons was a doctor who refused a position because it belonged a Jews doctor who was deported.
I remember that there was a biographical? autobiographical? book in the 70s about the Von Trapp family. I loved the film, from the moment I first saw it, at the Dominion Theatre on Tottenham Court Rd, in London. So I snapped up the biographical book. I don't remember much about it, other than it's coverage of the families life in the USA.
Admirably thorough assessment of the differences between fact and fiction... And, yes, the musical was truly "fiction based on fact"... HOWEVER, it was not "Hollywood" that made these changes to the true story. All of these changes to the true-life Trapp family story were made several years earlier when "The Sound of Music" originated as a Broadway musical starring Mary Martin. And THAT was largely based on the German films "The Trapp Family" and "The Trapp Family in America" (where many of the fictional changes were first made). "The Sound of Music" movie was a very faithful adaptation of the Broadway musical. So these changes were made long before "Hollywood" got its hands on it.
My family never had any interest in visiting the Estate. Most of what we saw was local. We lived in Mass, so that is what I remember. We did spend one year each in Conn, and Illinois
Movies made in the era of Sound of Music were highly sanitised so no surprise about the movie not being entirely true. But i find history fascinating and would love to read the von Trapp biography. When you said Maria had a temper, i had to laugh.... with 10 kids one would have to have a feisty personality 😅 to cope and give discipline and strength for her brood. She sounds like quite a remarkable person.
My father took me when I was about 7 or 8 to a theatre in Christchurch N Z to watch the Trapp Family Singers on stage. They were a well pol[shed musical group who were very popular in the entertainment industry after the 2nd W war Our family was musical and had paid there own way out from London in the late 20 s to make a new start after the 14 -18 war. We have all played parts in the musical life in professional church choirs and orchestras through the influence of our early family music encouraged by our parents Strange as it is my father used the saying as Mary Von Trapp that singing is is a great way to Worship. Dad was born in the late 1800 s
the lack of reward to the family from the huge film hit struck me. it's a real life story (with some adaptations) completely about them, yet some filmmakers profited, after cleverly signing rights from previous adapters. super quality film, but not a completely groundbreaking, novel idea. in the several decades since, it's to be hoped that the legal system has advanced in the area of crediting originators.
Important note: Hitler was Austrian. Austria was at least as nazi as Germany, and a large majority welcomed the "occupation" (which was more like a cooperation) with open arms. The clean-up and re-education that took place in (Western) Germany after the war was hardly a factor in Austria. I was deeply shocked by nazi sentiments on my visits to Austria. (I am neither German nor Austrian.)
Like in Germany, there were people who welcomed them, and people who opposed them. That rift ran deep, but people had to keep their head down - not only could dissenters be sentenced to death or put in a concentration camp, but "Sippenhaftung" meant that your family could be punished, too.
After the war, there were different strategies in dealing with the Nazi past in Germany and Austria. Both countries did some sensible thing, such as forbidding a lot of Nazi symbols, propaganda etc., or discussing things in schools to try and ensure that future generations are immune to such propaganda. But of course, we are all of us human, prone to error, so not all of those measures took effect as much as one might wish.
Nazis were Socialists . Another name for Socialists are Communists , Bolchevics , and Soviet Jooo s .The mother of Adolph Hitler's father worked as a household servant for the Rothc hilds . When she became pregnant with Ad olph's father , she left her employment to go to Vienna , Austria . The Rothch ilds built the Knesset in Isreal , where I have been . Be careful what you say ! They also own the Federal Reserve in America , and The Central Bank in England , and established Tavistock Institute in London with another opium dynasty , the British Royals . The mini hat Hitler and the anti Christ mini hat cocain addict Sigmund Freud both attended Tavistock .
@@g.strobl4458I'm sorry you are so completely misinforming . Don't pretend that Hitler was not a mini hat , or pretend that his family did not also build the Knesset in Isreal ! The mini hats declared war against Germany with their calls for boycott , and the German people were sick of the mini hat Weimar Republic . You are just so distorted . American FBI man Ted Gunderson wanted everyone to read " Pawns In The Game " by William Guy Carr ; and " The Franklin Cover Up " by Sen.John De Camp ; and Ted's Treasury Dept. Report called " The Finders " . Hitler's family own the Federal Reserve in America , and the Central Bank of England . They are not victims ! They are the mini hats behind Marxism ! Preach The Bible , like God wants !
I did´nt know that there were a real story behind the film. I thought it was imagination the whole film made by Hollywood. Anyway my mother loved it and so was I.
The VonTrapps were patients at a medical practice I managed in Stowe, VT. I remember the granddaughter, Lynn was a moody “Karen,” before Karens were a thing. I was afraid of her.
She wasn't a nun. She was a postulant, which is someone who lives with a religious community to discern if she has a calling to consecrated life. Some postulants become nuns, others discern that marriage or lay single state is where God is calling them.
A strong, strict yet compassionate women. Indomitable would be a good word. She didn't love her husband when she married him. She did it for the children. But that's okay. He didn't love her. He married her for the children. And guess what? They fell in love. It all worked out fine.
My parents decided to stay in Vermont at the lodge. My sister and I joined them; I remember it as if it was just yesterday. I was around 8 years old at the time, and when we drove up a hill to the lodge, Maria was on the side of the road carrying two heavy pails. She was trudging up the hill, and my mother got so excited to recognize her she instinctively beeped the horn….pretty sure she startled her. When we checked into our room, my sister and I were so disappointed there was no tv. As I look back now, I realize how silly we were. That summer night, after checking in, we ate dinner. Maria was in the kitchen, I had the scallops in a creamy sauce. I still remember exactly how delicious they were. Maria came to our table and my parents remarked that I had loved my scallops. She looked at me, smiled and told me I was a beautiful little girl. I have met many famous people in my life, hands down she left me with one of the most wonderful impressions.
@@harvestdesignnapa you lucky thing .and you finally met her face to face .A beautiful story .I hope you got her autograph .🙏👍Rest in peace to 🙏Maria and most of her children who have passed on and mr Von Trap GodBless you all.AMEN🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🌿🍁🍀🍂🌿🌾🍃🦋💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗🙏🇵🇪✌🇵🇪👍🇵🇪💗🇵🇪✊.👋from 🇮🇪👋✊👍💗
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Not inviting Maria to the premiere was nuts.
Not only was it appalling bad manners, can you imagine the publicity!
The studio probably didn't want the press near her/the family in case she/they said what utter nonsense the movie was.
Maria was a difficult woman far from the sweet Julie Andrew's portrayal, BUT she was a surviver & softened as she aged & drew near to the Lord Jesus as her friend beyond her religion...
I saw _The Sound of Music_ in 1976 in a theater up in Canada with my parents when I was 12. I had no idea what I was about to watch. I was entranced and enthralled throughout the whole movie. I never realized back then that Julie Andrews also played Mary Poppins, whom I also loved.
When we came home from that trip I bought the soundtrack for it on a cassette tape and I sang along with Julie Andrews every day. I wanted to become a school teacher when I grew up and I did. One of my favorite things was teaching the kids to sing.
Thanks for this video. It's wonderful. 🌟
I also used to go to the hills by myself all the time and sing and play just like Maria did in the movie. Back then it was totally safe.
I was at boarding school with nuns, so movie very relatable. Saw it on vacation and returned after to tell the other students the story. The Capital City I lived in; had the movie before other places.
An Austrian background, amazing talent, quality and quantity of songs, Actors and engrossing story reflected the times, when Movies were influencers in the best most positive manner.
Thank you for your comment. I saw it in a film hall called Odean in 1975 and I was 14 then ❤
I knew Maria, although peripherally. My father installed sound systems at the lodge. I photographed her for Vermont Educational Television. First, to address the idiot who claimed she was a man, she was most definitely a woman and much more of a person than a sad youtube troll with no life and an intelligence less than that of a Vermont rock. She WAS feisty. A classic example was when a plumber came to the lodge to do work and handed a bill that was not anything but "You owe me -" She refused to pay and others had to tell the guy that she would absolutely pay all honest charges, but he had to break out the materials and labor. The singers were fantastic in religious songs. I have at least one of the original records of them. The family was fractious. There is a whole book that could be written there. That she kept things together was amazing and a testament to her skill and will. May her history, and that of others, be safe from trolls and revisionists with no life of their own.
I think you need to write that book ,even if you didn't travel with them.
Your story would be a great read.
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Absolutely a fantastic story. Thanks for sharing. 🌹
@@sebrinagilbert2892 Wouldn't it? They already have a start, as they know the local merchants and tradesmen experienced conflicts with Maria. I'll bet there are stories galore in the area.
Very well said! I get a laugh at all the Trolls in Mommy's basement too!!! My father was a Colonel after the war with Canadian Intel and he took us to the movie! He knew the story
Well spoken!
Boy, this brings back a memory or two! Back when I was in high school, my dad was quite the skinflint. He gave me .25 cents a week. Out of this quarter I was expected to buy my own lunches at school. This didn't work out well as the cheapest thing in the school cafeteria was .20 cents, thus I had to pick which day I would have lunch for the week. I hated this, so i just quit eating lunch altogether. I saved up my quarters and bought books from the local book club instead, stories that could take me away and make me forget for awhile. When I finished each book, I slipped it into the small bookshelf we had at home. I had no idea what was happening with them at that point, as they were always in the shelf right where I left them whenever I was home. I'd put 'Little Big Man', and 'Escape From Alcatraz' into the shelf. Then I finished reading and shelved 'The Trapp Family Singers'. Suddenly, I was summoned by father after school one day. I figured I was about to catch heck for something, when to my great surprise he told me I needed a raise and he was going to give me $5.00 per week! He said I should use a little to buy lunch, and use all the rest to "...buy the most excellent of books to read from that book club thing that you go to". I went into shock! I had no idea that dad was reading my books on the sly! And amazed even more that he thought my choices were wonderful! So yeah, "The Trapp Family Singers" got me enough of a raise that I could have a bit of lunch every day, and still save up for 'good books'! Thought dad was gonna have an ecstatic coronary when I brought home "The Complete Works of Mark Twain". Had no clue he darn near worshipped Twain... He loved it even if it was just a plain old paperback. And Mom started slipping me a little cash too, 'to buy books with", but I used the money she gave me for lunches. Of course, my dad knew nothing about that. We just left well enough alone.
One of my friend's from high school married a Von Trapp. He was a grandson of one of Maria's children. They have a dairy and are still quite happy all these decades later.
I went to school with the Van Trapp grandchildren and remember seeing Maria at school functions. There is still a small farm and an amazing green house here in Waitsfield, Vermont.
Von Trapp= German, Van (with last name)= The Netherlands
@@lindaallen4067 that must have being amazing. You lucky thing .did you get their autographs Especially Maria Von Trapp.
@@sandrakenney567 Never occurred to me to ask. She was just a friends Grandma.
The real Maria was way more interesting than the one they portrait in the movie, she had more depth and character, a really tough lady that knew how to deal with the terrible issues of war and dictators.
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The 1953 German movie "Die Trapp Familie" certainly portrayed Maria more accurately.
@ thank you
The oldest of the Trapp family girls wrote a quite good book about her life. Her mother was a quite sweet woman too.
I meet the youngest Von Trapp daughter. She was thoughtful and careing. A lovely woman.
I saw the original Trapp Family Singers - they came to Australia when I was about 7 years old. We went as a group from a Catholic school I attended at the time. I loved them!!
So relieved. Going by the click-bait title, I thought it would be revealed that Maria was secretly a devotee of the axis powers. NOT. You know why the real Maria was far more complicated and nuanced than the character in the Julie Andrews portrayal? Because she was a real person.
Agreed. I don't understand why the click-bait title was necessary. The story was interesting as it was.
This was a good video.
The only quibble I have is that the narrator said she was a nun and lived as a nun. Maria never was a nun. She was a novice and had not taken final vows. This is the reason she could be sent to take care of the children.
@@jacquelyns9709 And in so NOT doing avoided complicity in the future. You will need to wait to understand my words, based on Scripture.
@@MsMarpleWell, I know scripture very well, and I don't understand what you're talking about. Some things just don't translate across computers.
A NUDIST COLONY 🤯@@MsMarple
She said “the nun to be” she didn’t say she was a nun
Yes and married Georg because the Mother Superior told her to when Maria went to her after the proposal.
I respect that they resisted Nazi government and left from Austria. Their life got harder , but they kept their soul.
Unlike most Europeans today!!!!!
Nonsense, only a minority of Europeans support nazi or other far-right politics.
Nazi is a communism term, nationalism is love of your race.
@@sherry9547 Nazi means National Socialist party. The first two syllables of nationalist are pronounced Na-Zi, & that's shorthand for Nationalist. It's Nationalists who rabidly worship a twisted, violent and hateful perversion of patriotism, above all else. That is what the name meant to Hitler and people in Germany at the time, as well as to my ancestors who thankfully mostly left Germany by the Great Depression.
Since the Sound of Music is my favorite movie, the fact that the Von Trapp Family was not exactly as portrayed came as an unwelcome shock at age 7 when my very unusual Second Grade teacher made that clear, urging us to read the book!😮😅 At 65 I would be very interested in it despite my love for the movie, its songs, and characters as portrayed. Thank you for the information and candor. Truth is becoming a rare commodity in our current system of things worldwide.
My grandfather was a widowed farmer with 2 small children in the early 1900s. He hired my teenage grandmother to watch the children. My grandfather proposed to my grandmother ( who was 17 years younger than him). She was so in love with the children she married him. She soon fell in love and went on to have 6 more children.
Your story sounds very similar to my grandparents’ story! (Last name Lee and lived in Baldwin County, AL)
@@virginiabowman843 I think it was a common thing back then. My grandfather needed more than just a babysitter. He needed someone full time to watch the kids and my grandmother filled the bill. My aunt had uncle called her Mum all her life. They loved her like she loved them.
I read her autobiography. I used to see her in a fabric shop and outside the lodge. Lunch and afternoon tea at the tea house were favorites for our guests.
Stayed at the Avon trapp lodge last year before Christmas 🎄. It was beautiful!
Yes it was a truly popular film when it was released, I saw it at a cinema in Kitwe Zambia in the early 60s. Thoroughly enjoyed the film as a little boy. Was perplexed by the ending and walking back to our car asked my Aunt why they had to run away over the mountains. She explained that a war was coming and they did not want to be involved.
The von Trapp children lived good long lives except for Hedwig who died at 45 and Martina at 31 during childbirth. She was the baby of the original 7. Johannes, born in the United States, is the last one alive at 85. Every other sibling lived into their 70s, 80s or 90s. Maria Franziska lived the longest, dying at 99.
When Maria became their governess and then mother, she was only between 6 and 10 years older than the four eldest children and was only 16 when the youngest, Martina, was born. It would explain why she was firm mother with them. The only family member who didn’t become a US citizen was Georg. The girls applied for citizenship, and Rupert and Werner became citizens through their military service during WW2.
It’s a shame that their home in Austria was tainted by Heinrich Himmler.
I didn't know that the real Maria had a cameo in Sound of Music. That's pretty cool. Thanks!
I was a 4th grader in Taiwan when The Sound of Music came out. My teacher recommended that everyone watch the movie 3 times: first time for the story, second time for the music and third time for the beautiful Austrian vista.
Artists deserve to keep the rights to their story, songs and therefore commercial benefits.
For writer's you must maintain control of your First North American Serial Rights. Someone unfamiliar with the laws may find themselves taken advantage of, as was probably the case for Maria Von Trapp.
@@lakewritesAND JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE THEY CUD FLEECE IN HOLLYWOOD, OR MUSIC INDUSTRY FOR THAT MATTER.
Yes, in her book she said she thought she was making a great financial decision and wanted to do it on her own, selling the rights to the book, without telling her family. This was a huge mistake, of course! She wasnt that great with money and didn’t keep any of the royalties!! I’m sure the family wasn’t happy but they couldn’t have known that it would eventually become a Broadway play and famous movie. Anyway, it was her fault for signing the papers without getting input from the family. But she was proud and stubborn. They had to work hard at their signing career and lodge.
When I was a child in the 60's and 70's, Maria did a number of guest appearances on television shows. I remember when she appeared on the Julie Andrews show. She was always known for her deep, abiding love of the Lord. She wasn't perfect, of course, but I will always remember her as one of the heros of the Christian faith.
That's really neat.
The Family lodge in Stowe, Vermont was named ‘Cor Unum’ ‘One Heart’ by the Baron and Baroness.
You left out that Rogers and Hammerstein eventually gave the von Trapps a portion of the film's income.
That was big of them.
The actors and actresses playing the children were played out by R and H.
@@2cjappy What do you mean by "played out"?
I love the movie "Sound of Music" with Julie Andrew portraying Maria. I do have a book written by one of the Von Trapp children that talks about their everyday life from Austria and finally settling down in Vermont. I was happy to hear that the real Maria had a cameo in the movie. I bet she was a feisty woman who could keep things together. I don't think their story will ever be forgotten.
Fascinating.... what is the name of the book, please 😊
Not "darker" necessarily - just different, but of course that doesn't garner as many clicks.
I worked on the London stage production of SoM, and although it's some time ago now, my recollection is that the producer (Ross Taylor) emphasised the feistiness of Maria's character rather more than the Hollywood film did. Petula Clarke and Michael Jayston were both superb leads.
Whingeing apart, this is a really good summary of a very complex story.
Hate to say it but my understanding was Maria was kind of obnoxious. Also the train tracks ran very near their house. But I think the danger to the family was very real.
I just read the autobiography of the oldest daughter in the family, covering before and after Maria. Fascinating.
THE STORY OF THE TRAPP FAMILY SINGERS by Maria Augusta Trapp, written on 1949. The story of the family, before and after Maria, was also written by the oldest daughter.
Just too bad she gave up rights to her life story. But despicable that the studio didn't invite the family to the premiere. I just hope they actually paid them well for the rights.
@hazelkagey6739. What was she thinking giving up rights to her life story to make it out as we have seen in the movies .its a pity .imagine if she hadnt and was there in the studio when making the movie it would have id say been done the true way of her life in the family with out the romantic singing and nuns singing (how do you solve a problem like maria ) i dont think so .
I believe they didn’t pay them at all because, having bought the rights, they didn’t have to.
It's wrong what the studio did, but I'm so glad for the movie. I love it so much
Like Peter Pan
As an Austrian I travelled 40 years ago through Australia, New Zealand, USA. Many people asked me excitet about Sound of music. Even I was very pleased about the immense interest, I had to answer, that this film is too "much american, too much Hollywood ", so it is not popular in Austria at all.
I would wager Austrians didn’t like being reminded of their direct involvement with and acceptance of the Nazi regime. After all, Hitler was from Austria.
Whatever be the story I love Sound of Music.
A wonderful biography review of Maria Von Trapp. But in all fairness, the enjoyable musical "Sound of Music" was not a documentary.
Iconic is such an overused word
It didn't pretend to be! It was a musical! It was the rough outline of their story.
It was just beautiful and entertaining. Love the movie and everything about them.
I read Maria’s book as a kid and enjoyed the Broadway soundtrack. But loathed the movie, by the end I was rooting for the Not Sees 😂
@@nhmooytis7058 why would you root for the Nazis?
To be hounest, I am always amazed about how much is true. He did oppose the nazi's, they did marry after she came to care about the children, he was asked for a position in the army. Quite some details are true.
While i loved sound of music when it was released, i had previously seen the earlier black n white film the von trap family story which wasnt a musical, it followed the book. I wish they would show the original movie more. Everyone needs to read the book.
I'm 53 and never knew until now that there were other versions??!!! I'm going to look for them 🙂
Nice video. It was pretty obvious the movie had little to do with the actual story from which it took some of its premise but it was still a great movie. That being said, one thing the movie got right that this video got wrong was that Maria was never a nun, she was a novice who had not yet taken her vows. That would be important to the story because if she was a nun she would not have been allowed to have gotten married within the Catholic Church. From what I can see in her book there's no way she would have married if she couldn't have done so within the Church. She and close friends of hers have written books (individually, not together) of beautiful traditions of cultures within the Catholic Church, traditions that are now pretty much gone. It's nice they made some record of it.
Like the 10 commandments
In Bible, it was barely a chapter of Moses early life
However, movie had him with Nefertiti
Filling in blanks?
The stepmother Maria did not get scarlet fever, it was the daughter Maria. It happened years before the stepmother Maria came to the VonTrapp family.
Thank you. I found that confusing.
No she did get scarlet fever. When she and the family were on vacation, they stay at farm and found out the next morning that the farmer children had the fever. Two of the Von Trapp children got it at that time and Maria nursed them through and came down with it after they recover. It cause health issues for Maria the rest of her life. I read Maria’s book that the SOM was loose basic on and it in one of the chapter after she married the captain.
I had scarlet fever at age 3, in 1958. I knew it could be deadly, but I didn't know about all the other complications that might also arise. I was blessed!
I too had it in the 60's, but by then it was a non-issue. I remember having only some spots on my skin. Still I had to stay home from school extra and they had to report it. To the CDC or whatever existed then. Once I was released back to school, I was told not to dwell on or talk about it. 🤔
My mother had it in the 60s. It was not a non-issue. She lost 95 percent of the hearing in her right ear and had lifelong mental and social complications because of the fever.
@@fjdoucet1465 I am truly saddened to learn that. I only suppose experiences varied and that I had good results with the antibiotics given me whereas some did not or did not start them as early on as I did. Only speculating.
A wonderful review of Maria von Trapp’s biography. However, it's important to remember that while 'The Sound of Music' is a beloved musical, it’s not a documentary and took some creative liberties with the real story
You mean totally fictitious.
@@anonnymowseNo, *not* totally....
@@anonnymowse The basic structure was accurate, they took liberties with some things though like by the time they left Austria they had been married for 10 years and Maria had 2 children, they changed the names of all the children, they left on a train the day before the boarders closed rather than going over the mountains.
@@amandamandamands As I said, a big bunch of lies to make Maria, the aspiring nun, look good. The story is a lot darker than the happy family which they weren't.
As someone with Bavarian and Austrian relatives, and myself a first generation American (from my Father's side) of German and Prussian parents, I can state, that in my personal experience German/Australian fathers tend to have a soft spot for their kids, especially the daughters. The sons are held to a higher standard in both expectation of achievement and obligation to family and society. At least for my generation and before to be sure. So hearing that Maria was stricter than her husband with the kids, was an echo of my experience with my parents and my grandparents. But that was a different time and place, now as I am almost 60 years of age, can only wonder at the behavior of children today, to their parents, and even extended family. Oh, did I mention, was the first born son in my family... my younger sisters got away with all kinds of foolishness, but not I. My father even once said, when I questioned him about my need to learn German, but living in the U.S., and I quote, "Why should I take the time to teach them German? After all they are not smart enough, where you are." Was my father sexist? I would say so.... but he loved my sisters dearly, So I guess he just never had high expectations for them? Even my grandmother suggested this was the case, in her constant reminders to me, "You are my first born grandson, nothing will ever change that. Now... do what I say, I want no debate."
I have always loved the Sound of Music ever since I was a kid. The scene of when Maria fell in love witb.Georg and then the marriage ceremony was very well done. The climax was when the Von Trapps had to flee Austria after it was occupied by the Nazis in 1938. After many hardships, they crossed the Atlantic Ocean to the United States. Both of these sons served in the armed forces during WW2, and became American citizens. Later they settled in Vermont and built a lodge which became very successful. I agree that it was a shame that their estate was desecrated by Heinrich Himmler.
It warms my heart that the family's true story is now out. Maria would be so happy!
The true story has been out for years .....
Well the true story has been out for decades- I’ve read all her books and 1 or 2 biographies plus Agathe Von Trapp’s book as well. That last one tells about their life with their first mother, and what life with Maria was like from the viewpoint of the eldest daughter. I highly recommend it!!
In 7th grade I played Kurt in our highschool production of sound of music.
I read her autobiography in middle school, found it in my school library, in the late 70s. I agree, her real life was way more interesting than how they depicted her in the film. But it's Rodgers and Hammerstein, what do you expect? 😂 Don't get me wrong, I love R&H, but they always did sanitize their source material! 😂
Fascinating ❤Thank you for sharing this important story!
Vermont is my favorite state. They chose wisely settling there.
I read Maria's autobiography. She described her uncle's abusive behavior and her resultant bad attitude toward authority. Her discovery of God's love and her consequent desire to be a nun was a funny one, since she would never obey anyone! The big difference between Maria of the movie and Maria's autobiography really cracked me up! Yes, she had a sense of humor.
I hardly think it would’ve become one of the most loved musicals of all time if they’d stuck to the facts.
They change these things for dramatic effect.
Those were really dark days!
Trauma based society. This causes mental illness. My ancestors are survivors from ww2. Trying to establish control in a world of chaos.
My generation is here to heal.
Good points made - thank you. 😊
Try healing Vietnam Libya,Iraq,Afghanistan, Gaza etc... there can be no healing when the cycle of trauma is perpetual by design 🤔
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Exactly. Keeping us in fear stops the healing needed. ❤️🔥
This video truly did Factinate! I would love to see the real story made into a movie.
Yes. Facts are more complex and interesting than fiction. I wonder what songs could be created about the real story! 😲😮😲🙂
There is an old one. I saw it as a teenager. Some friends of ours had it. It shows them coming into New York Harbor & some of their life in the US. I don't remember the name, but now I want to see it again & will have to try to find it!
@@bethanylouive9402 That would be really interesting.
I had no clue they were real people! It’s my favorite movie.
Same here. I am surprised I was never told the movie was based on a real families experience.
How odd. I thought everyone knew.
Just because I did, I suppose: we tend to think everyone thinks the same as we do until we find out.
I read her book a very long time ago. I remember enjoying it.
Fascinating to learn the real story. Thank you.
Truly an amazing woman. A saint with a temper. Thank you for this.
She's an inspiration to us all.
Wow, this is quite a video! My family and I visited the Trapp Family Lodge in Vermont in 1998, as part of a trip to Vermont. It was at the top of a mountain. My fondest memory of this trip is that my 4 daughters ran around a field. Looking at the background mountains, it reminded me of the 1964 Sound of Music Movie. My biggest conclusion from this video is that the German government robbed the Avon Trapps from the compensation that they rightly deserved from the 1964 Sound of Music Movie! This was a tragic twist to this video.
The Von Trapp family were Austrian not German
@@suemcgregor9248Yes but the video said she gave then rights to her story to Germans (who made a film).
@@SolarVibeEnergy so she signs over the rights then gets ripped? Doesn't sound right to me
My mother's side of the family is originally from Vermont and my grandma actually add pictures of the original Lodge in Vermont. The one that is standing today is the second one because the first one burned down. My grandma also happened to meet and get to know most of the children. And then it's funny because Maria von trapp's birthday is January 26th, and then my grandma left years and years later because I her oldest granddaughter was born on January 26th. And then her youngest great-granddaughter also born on January 26th.
@@suemcgregor9248 I never said that they were German. They were definitely Austrian. Look at my post.
The sound of music is my favorite movie so far. It even inspired me as a young girl to go see Europe one day which I did in 2004 and again in 2008 when I decided to stay till 2013. Every Christmas I watch the film and it brings back good memories of my childhood and my travels to Europe. 😊
The Sound of Music is virtually unknown in Germany. I was delighted to be able to show it to my German husband who is a music teacher. He was overwhelmed with it - I'll never forget. And for other Americans, the whole do-re-mi thing did not originate with the film as I assumed!
That is because there is a German film about the Von Trapps, earlier and much more musical and faithful to the real story. And a sequel about the family already in America. For germans it's much more agreeable. And for anyone, but these films were never shown in other countries, as the distributors worldwide are American, such as WB, etc. That way, people in Europe are only allowed to watch American movies and those of their own countries, with very rare exceptions.
@@margaritagomez5077
Thankfully with Internet access we can watch things from all countries now!
Do re mi have been scales to train singers for a gazillion years, long before the movie used it in a scene.
Her great grand kids were singing for awhile , they quit touring a few years ago, to pursue other interests.
I remember reading her autobiography in high school, back around 1962 0r 63. There was also a movie at about that time (not a musical), so Sound Of Music was just a retelling of a story I already knew. I realized that the musical was a highly romanticized version, and not historically accurate, but it did not reduce my enjoyment of the play, nor did it have any impact my high opinion of Maria Trapp.
Maria was voiciferous about her complete dipleasure of the Americanized version about her and her family when she first
saw the film. She made a big to do about it which no one could blame her for ! They used her. That is a reason for tearing up the contracts that were sent to her years later.
She hated Hollywood and everyone knew that you had better not anger Maria !
Good for her! One thing I agreed with her (that I read any way) was she argued with the US film makers about having the family cross the alps to escape Austria. She sputtered that had the family done that they would have crossed right into Hitler's mountain home! Supposedly she was told not to argue with cinema - cinema has its own rules of geography. 😄
@@justyne8627
Oh for the Love Of God. What a ridiculous thing to say ! She did get back at them though by never signing anything from them ever again. I love her moral loyalty to her family and the Truth !
@Catherine-i1w Good comment I think, but where did I say she didn't get back at them? At what or whom? What is so ridiculous about my comment? Is English your 1st language?
@@justyne8627
I was 100% in agreement with you and still am. I meant that Cinema has other rules was ridiculous !
Maria got back at Hollywood/ Cinema by refusing to sign further contracts with them.
@Catherine-i1w OH! I'm the one that didn't understand. My bad 😅
Wow, what a story, what a life. Thank you for posting
In the autobiografy, she wrote that her husband lost almost all of their money, saving it in the austrian bank that went bankrupted in the middle thirties. So they had to find new sources of income, lending their home to students and priests, touring around Europe singing... that made von Trapp very sad and bitter. He was already older, and as submarine officer in ww1 contracted lung cancer. But she was young, fearless, harsh, energetic and willing to fight for survival. That was many times to much for him and some of more sensitive kids...
Von Trapp was born in the same city as I - Zadar, today Croatia. His first wife was the granddaughter of J. Whitehead, inventor of torpedo, living in city of Rijeka, today Croatia. He was extremely rich...
And von Trapp was knighted for his achievings in ww1.
Sound of Music is one of my favorite movies. Love Julie Andrews.
As a member of a different branch of the family his was extremely well done
My mother was obsessed with The Sound of Music album. (that one and Camelot) My dad said she nearly drove him crazy playing it all the time. I remember listening to it many times as a child.
VERY interesting, to say the least. Thank you
Having been brought up with the 'Sound of Music' this video has been a very interesting insight to the true Marie Von Trapp and her family and adventures. Thank you.
Bad temper or not, she was an angel for taking on a man and his seven kids after a life as a nun. And she could organise, for sure!! It is a pity about the fires which do not sound coincidental imo.
Omgosh💔 Thank you so much for this story.
You are so welcome!
This was an eye-opening story!! So interesting!! Thank you!!
Such sad and disgusting comments the further down you scroll
I read the autobiography she wrote (I remember not being very impressed) and I also read the memoir by one of the daughters.
In 2024, the only remaining von Trapp child is the youngest child and son Johannes. His children and grandchildren have recorded music in the past and I think they are also the operators of the lodge in Vermont.
Many of the older von Trapp daughters never married and became missionaries or teachers, I remember reading that one of the boys became a doctor.
George von Trapp never applied for American citizenship, dying in 1948.
Prior to meeting Maria, Georg was briefly involved with a wealthy British lady, a cousin of his late wife; their parting was not as dramatic as the film shows
The train they hopped on to escape was just across their backyard. The borders were dlosed the next day. They sang in Italy and Switzerland to earn money before coming to the US
I always understood that George never made it to the States. If he did, then Thank You for clearing that up!
He died in 1947, so was in America for about 10 years.
He made it here, but unlike his wife and children, he never became a citizen. Johannes, the baby, was born here after their arrival. He’s the only one still alive. He’ll turn 86 in January.
He's buried near the Lodge in Stowe, VT.
I'm just going to comment that I'm mad about the clickbait title. This was my favorite movie and I know about the true story, too. Maria von Trapp was a hero and a wonderful person.
I read some articles about her that were far from complimentary. Personally think she was highly controlling, but she did manage to get them work and the inn located in Vermont.
My friends Aunt & Uncle were missionaries, they were lovely kind thoughtful people one of their colleagues was a Von Trapp daughter a nun, Maria used to visit her daughter, they said everyone dreaded her visits she was one of the nastiest people they have ever met, nothing like the film character.
Love is a choice, its about you not who you love only your character.
There a building in Yellowstone or Glacier or Waterton national parks that looks like the Von Trapp home at minute 15:54.
Imagine making a movie about someone (not like... hitler or some other criminal) and not inviting this person to the premiere!
If you read her autobiography, you'll see why.
She was realy devoted Christian. The character of catholic friar Wiesner was substituted with funny dandy Max.
Actualy, great movie, but very loosely about the real Maria...
masterpiece of a movie
Your fellow human beings must allways be met with respect and dignity and empathy, so have a base for understanding and bridge building!
I am not certain when the family changed their performing name from the Trapp Family Choir to the Trapp Family Singers, but I think it was after they came to the US.
Another thing the film changes is the age of the children when they leave Austria for Italy which many of the children and their father had citizenship due to where they were born. All but the youngest who I think was about 17 were adults. They had two daughters in Italy and their son was born in Vermont. The son runs the family lodge. Also one of the sons was a doctor who refused a position because it belonged a Jews doctor who was deported.
What a wonderful documentary!
I remember that there was a biographical? autobiographical? book in the 70s about the Von Trapp family.
I loved the film, from the moment I first saw it, at the Dominion Theatre on Tottenham Court Rd, in London. So I snapped up the biographical book. I don't remember much about it, other than it's coverage of the families life in the USA.
Admirably thorough assessment of the differences between fact and fiction... And, yes, the musical was truly "fiction based on fact"... HOWEVER, it was not "Hollywood" that made these changes to the true story. All of these changes to the true-life Trapp family story were made several years earlier when "The Sound of Music" originated as a Broadway musical starring Mary Martin. And THAT was largely based on the German films "The Trapp Family" and "The Trapp Family in America" (where many of the fictional changes were first made). "The Sound of Music" movie was a very faithful adaptation of the Broadway musical. So these changes were made long before "Hollywood" got its hands on it.
Thanks for sharing this life story 😊
My family never had any interest in visiting the Estate. Most of what we saw was local. We lived in Mass, so that is what I remember. We did spend one year each in Conn, and Illinois
Sound of music. Part 2! Let's make it a movie!
Better Yet , Make It a True to Life Movie .
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Movies made in the era of Sound of Music were highly sanitised so no surprise about the movie not being entirely true.
But i find history fascinating and would love to read the von Trapp biography.
When you said Maria had a temper, i had to laugh.... with 10 kids one would have to have a feisty personality 😅 to cope and give discipline and strength for her brood.
She sounds like quite a remarkable person.
It doesn't surprise me that Doris Day was a first choice. The way she comes across, and what the studio wanted
Aye! Doris Day would have been perfect, all sugar and innocence!
She’d have been better than Julie Andrews. Can’t stand the woman.
My father took me when I was about 7 or 8 to a theatre in Christchurch N Z to watch the Trapp Family Singers on stage. They were a well pol[shed musical group who were very popular in the entertainment industry after the 2nd W war Our family was musical and had paid there own way out from London in the late 20 s to make a new start after the 14 -18 war. We have all played parts in the musical life in professional church choirs and orchestras through the influence of our early family music encouraged by our parents Strange as it is my father used the saying as Mary Von Trapp that singing is is a great way to Worship. Dad was born in the late 1800 s
the lack of reward to the family from the huge film hit struck me. it's a real life story (with some adaptations) completely about them, yet some filmmakers profited, after cleverly signing rights from previous adapters. super quality film, but not a completely groundbreaking, novel idea. in the several decades since, it's to be hoped that the legal system has advanced in the area of crediting originators.
I remember reading Maria's autobiography. She wrote that there were times when she might have taken the wrong path.
Important note: Hitler was Austrian. Austria was at least as nazi as Germany, and a large majority welcomed the "occupation" (which was more like a cooperation) with open arms. The clean-up and re-education that took place in (Western) Germany after the war was hardly a factor in Austria. I was deeply shocked by nazi sentiments on my visits to Austria. (I am neither German nor Austrian.)
Like in Germany, there were people who welcomed them, and people who opposed them. That rift ran deep, but people had to keep their head down - not only could dissenters be sentenced to death or put in a concentration camp, but "Sippenhaftung" meant that your family could be punished, too.
After the war, there were different strategies in dealing with the Nazi past in Germany and Austria. Both countries did some sensible thing, such as forbidding a lot of Nazi symbols, propaganda etc., or discussing things in schools to try and ensure that future generations are immune to such propaganda. But of course, we are all of us human, prone to error, so not all of those measures took effect as much as one might wish.
Nazis were Socialists . Another name for Socialists are Communists , Bolchevics , and Soviet Jooo s .The mother of Adolph Hitler's father worked as a household servant for the Rothc hilds . When she became pregnant with Ad olph's father , she left her employment to go to Vienna , Austria . The Rothch ilds built the Knesset in Isreal , where I have been . Be careful what you say ! They also own the Federal Reserve in America , and The Central Bank in England , and established Tavistock Institute in London with another opium dynasty , the British Royals . The mini hat Hitler and the anti Christ mini hat cocain addict Sigmund Freud both attended Tavistock .
@@g.strobl4458I'm sorry you are so completely misinforming . Don't pretend that Hitler was not a mini hat , or pretend that his family did not also build the Knesset in Isreal ! The mini hats declared war against Germany with their calls for boycott , and the German people were sick of the mini hat Weimar Republic . You are just so distorted . American FBI man Ted Gunderson wanted everyone to read " Pawns In The Game " by William Guy Carr ; and " The Franklin Cover Up " by Sen.John De Camp ; and Ted's Treasury Dept. Report called " The Finders " . Hitler's family own the Federal Reserve in America , and the Central Bank of England . They are not victims ! They are the mini hats behind Marxism ! Preach The Bible , like God wants !
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I appreciate the true story. ..."So Long Farewell" and "Lets start at the very beginning" will always slap though.
Would have liked to see a true rendition of her life.
I did´nt know that there were a real story behind the film. I thought it was imagination the whole film made by Hollywood. Anyway my mother loved it and so was I.
The VonTrapps were patients at a medical practice I managed in Stowe, VT. I remember the granddaughter, Lynn was a moody “Karen,” before Karens were a thing. I was afraid of her.
I think the negative aspects are not as important as her love of God and her own life.
They wound up in Stowe Vermont
She wasn't a nun. She was a postulant, which is someone who lives with a religious community to discern if she has a calling to consecrated life. Some postulants become nuns, others discern that marriage or lay single state is where God is calling them.
How rude that she was not invited to the premier of a movie that was centered around her life.
The Sound of Music is BASED ON the story of Maria and the Von Trapp family so it was not really a faithful dramatization of the real story.
AH was austrian not german.
Doesn't everyone already know this?? Any student of history does.
A strong, strict yet compassionate women. Indomitable would be a good word. She didn't love her husband when she married him. She did it for the children. But that's okay. He didn't love her. He married her for the children. And guess what? They fell in love. It all worked out fine.