The Trapp Family in America

The Trapp Family in America

Poster showing Ruth Leuwerik as Maria with New York City in the background

German theatrical release poster
Directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Produced by
  • Heinz Abel
  • Ilse Kubaschewski
  • Utz Utermann
Screenplay by Herbert Reinecker
Based on The Story of the Trapp Family Singers
by Maria von Trapp
Starring
Music by Franz Grothe
Cinematography Werner Krien
Edited by Margot von Schlieffen
Production
company
Divina-Film
Distributed by Gloria Film
Release dates
  • October 17, 1958 (1958-10-17) (West Germany)
Running time
 103 minutes
Country West Germany
Language German

The Trapp Family in America (German: Die Trapp-Familie in Amerika) is a 1958 West German comedy drama film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Ruth Leuwerik, Hans Holt, and Josef Meinrad. It is a sequel to the 1956 film The Trapp Family.[1] The film's art direction was by Robert Herlth.

Plot

The von Trapps have left Austria and are now in the United States. But the Land of Unlimited Possibilities turns out to be anything but for our hapless heroes. Though the American public has demonstrated countless times, that they'll pay anything to hear German folk songs and other pop songs, the von Trapps on the verge of being penniless and suicidal, thanks to Father Wasner, who's determined to teach Americans to appreciate great church music ... no matter how much his "cultural mission" pushes the von Trapps to starvation. Only the insistence of paying patrons that they drop the holy roller music and the guffaws of the audience abandoning their shows finally convinces Maria, that it's time to start entertaining the paying public and give Palestrina a rest. Eventually they receive critical acclaim and a large following for their music. Later, They purchase a farm in Vermont and decide to remain in America.

Cast

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Reimer and Reimer 2010, p. 188.

Sources

  • Hirsch, Julia Antopol (1993). The Sound of Music: The Making of America's Favorite Movie. Chicago: Contemporary Books. ISBN 978-0-809-23837-8. 
  • Reimer, Robert C.; Reimer, Carol J. (2010). The A to Z of German Cinema. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-810-87611-8. 


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