Directed by:
Robert WiseScreenplay:
Ernest LehmanCinematography:
Ted D. McCordCast:
Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Heather Menzies-Urich, Nicholas Hammond, Angela Cartwright, Kym Karath (more)VOD (5)
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Julie Andrews in the heartwarming true story that has become a cinematic treasure. Andrews is Maria, the spirited, young woman who leaves the convent and becomes a governess to the seven unruly charm and songs soon win the hearts of the children and their father but when Nazi, Germany unites with Austria, Maria is forced to attempt a daring escape with her new family. (20th Century Fox UK)
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A very sweet musical that even after all these years hasn’t lost its simple charm and the optimistic mood that radiates from it. But why is the magic so simple? How many other movies in the genre deliver exclusively static dance numbers, hard-to-remember melodies and sentimental humour, and yet make you keep your eyes on them for two and a half hours? It is not great filmmaking, but it is extremely honest filmmaking, visually disarming and supported by a pair of wonderful actors, whose characters we become firmly attached to, and whose "dark" ending make us keep our fingers crossed. The premise may have called for the script not to overflow with so much comfort and one-dimensional family message, but hand on heart, other than with just such humour and constant level of optimism, this legend simply could not work so well and lastingly.
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I admit, I could imagine it being an hour shorter and still just as positive and beautiful, and also without the Nazis. But even with them, it's good, although I was afraid it might slip into something overly sentimental. Fortunately, that didn't happen, and the entire central family is captivating both in acting and singing.
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