The Sound of Music (1965)
fiction · 174 min · United States
Directed by: Robert Wise
Set in: Salzburg and the Austrian Alps, 1938
A postulant from a Salzburg abbey becomes governess to a widowed naval captain's seven children as Austria nears annexation.
Academy Award for Best Picture 1966
Where it was filmed
- Mehlweg
Marktschellenberg, Bavaria · Germany
opening sequence of Maria on her mountain
- Werfen
Salzburg · Austria
Do-Re-Mi picnic in the mountains above the town
- Schafberg Railway
Salzkammergut · Austria
family riding the rack railway up the mountain
- Obersalzberg
Berchtesgaden, Bavaria · Germany
final scene of the family crossing the mountains
Obersalzberg on MR. ALPS - Salzburg
Austria
Felsenreitschule, Nonnberg Abbey, Mirabell Gardens, Residenzplatz, Schloss Leopoldskron and Old Town
- Mondsee
Upper Austria · Austria
wedding scenes at Mondsee Abbey (St Michael's Church)
- Salzkammergut lakes
Austria
opening aerial shots
Filming locations as stated in the sources below. The story may be set somewhere else.
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