The Sound of Music Live (2015) - full transcript

An apprentice nun tasked with caring for the children of a retired naval officer finds herself falling in love with him as the Nazi invasion of Austria looms on the horizon.

-♪ The hills are alive

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with elements that were added

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creating a whole new adaptation.

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-Where's Maria?

-I haven't seen her all day.

-Where's Maria?

-I haven't seen her, either.

-♪ My day in the hills

has come to an end ♪

♪ I know

♪ A star has come out

♪ To tell me it's time to go

♪ But deep in the

dark green shadows ♪

♪ Are voices

that urge me to stay ♪

♪ So I pause and I wait

♪ And I listen

for one more sound ♪

♪ For one more lovely thing

that the hills might say ♪

♪ The hills are alive

♪ With the sound of music

♪ With songs they have sung

♪ For a thousand years

♪ The hills fill my heart

♪ With the sound of music

♪ My heart wants to sing

♪ Every song it hears

♪ My heart wants to beat

like the wings of the birds ♪

♪ That rise from the lake

to the trees ♪

♪ My heart wants to sigh

like a chime that flies ♪

♪ From a church on a breeze

♪ To laugh like a brook

♪ When it trips and falls

over stones in its way ♪

♪ To sing through the night

like a lark ♪

♪ Who is learning to pray

♪ I go to the hills

♪ When my heart is lonely

♪ I know I will hear

♪ What I've heard before

♪ My heart will be blessed

♪ With the sound of music

♪ And I'll sing

♪ Once more

♪ I go to the hills

♪ When my heart is lonely

♪ I know I will hear

♪ What I've heard before

♪ My heart will be blessed

♪ With the sound of music

♪ And I'll sing

♪ Once more ♪

-I think we should be pleased

with our efforts.

Out of 28 postulants,

16 or 17 are ready

to enter the novitiate.

Well, let's consider

the doubtful ones again.

There's Irmgard.

-Reverend Mother, there is

no doubt about Irmgard.

The religious life

is no place for the pious.

-You mean the pretentiously

pious, Sister Berthe.

Christina?

-No.

-Hmm.

Then there's...Maria.

-Well, after last night,

there can be no doubt

in the Reverend Mother's mind

about Maria!

-I gave Maria permission

to leave the abbey for the day.

-I told you, Sister Berthe.

-Reverend Mother?

Maria's waiting.

-Ah, Sister Sophia.

The mistress of the postulants

and the mistress of the novices

do not seem to see

eye to eye about Maria.

How do you feel about her?

-I love her very dearly,

but she always seems to be

in trouble, doesn't she?

-Exactly what I say!

♪ She climbs a tree

and scrapes her knee ♪

♪ Her dress has got a tear

♪ She waltzes

on her way to Mass ♪

♪ And whistles on the stair

-♪ And underneath her wimple,

she has curlers in her hair ♪

-♪ I've even heard her singing

in the abbey ♪

-♪ She's always late

for chapel ♪

-♪ But her penitence is real

-♪ She's always late

for everything ♪

♪ Except for every meal

♪ I hate to have to say it,

but I very firmly feel ♪

-♪ Maria's not an asset

to the abbey ♪

-♪ I'd like to say a word

on her behalf ♪

-Then say it,

Sister Margaretta.

-♪ Maria makes me laugh

-♪ How do you solve a problem

like Maria? ♪

-♪ How do you catch a cloud

and pin it down? ♪

-♪ How do you find the word

that means Maria? ♪

-♪ A flibbertigibbet

-♪ A will-of-the wisp

-♪ A clown

-♪ Many a things you know

you'd like to tell her ♪

♪ Many a things

she ought to understand ♪

-♪ But how do you

make her stay ♪

-♪ And listen to all you say?

-♪ How do you keep a wave

upon the sand? ♪

-♪ Oh, how do you solve

a problem like Maria? ♪

-♪ How do you hold a moonbeam

♪ In your hand?

-♪ When I'm with her,

I'm confused ♪

♪ Out of focus, and bemused

♪ And I never know

exactly where I am ♪

-♪ Unpredictable as weather

♪ She's as flighty

as a feather ♪

-♪ She's a darling

-♪ She's a demon

- ♪ She's a lamb

-♪ She'll out-pester any pest,

drive a hornet from his nest ♪

-♪ She could throw a whirling

dervish out of whirl ♪

-♪ She is gentle

-♪ She is wild

-♪ She's a riddle

-♪ She's a child

-♪ She's a headache!

-♪ She's an angel

-♪ She's a girl

-♪ Many a thing you know

you'd like to tell her ♪

-♪ Many a thing

she ought to understand ♪

-♪ But how do you make her stay

and listen to all you say? ♪

-♪ How do you keep a wave

upon the sand? ♪

-♪ Oh, how do you solve

a problem like Maria? ♪

♪ How do you hold a moonbeam

♪ In your hand?

-Mother Abbess?

-Come here, my child.

Sit down, Maria.

I want to talk to you.

-Yes, about last night.

Reverend Mother, I was on

my knees most of the night

because I was late,

and after you'd been so kind

and given me

permission to leave.

-It wasn't about

your being late, Maria.

-I must've awakened

half the abbey

before Sister Margaretta

heard me and opened the gate.

-Maria.

Very few of us were asleep.

We could only think

that you'd lost your way.

And to be lost at night

on that mountain...

-Reverend Mother, I couldn't

be lost on that mountain.

That's my mountain.

I was brought up on it.

It was that mountain

that brought me to you.

-Oh?

-When I was a little girl,

I used to come down

the mountain, climb a tree,

and look over into your garden.

I'd see the sisters at work,

and I'd hear them sing

on their way to vespers.

Many times I went back up

that mountain in the dark,

singing all the way.

And that brings up

another transgression.

I have been singing

without your permission.

-Maria, it is only here

in the abbey

that there is a rule

about singing.

-Hmm. That's the hardest

rule of all for me.

-The day you were in the garden,

singing at the top

of your voice...

-Mother, it's that kind of song.

-...I came to the window,

and you stopped.

I wish you hadn't.

I used to sing that song

when I was a child.

Only...I can't quite remember.

Please.

-♪ Raindrops on roses

and whiskers on kittens ♪

♪ Bright copper kettles

and warm woolen mittens ♪

♪ Brown paper packages

tied up with strings ♪

♪ These are a few

of my favorite things ♪

-♪ Cream-colored ponies

and crisp apple strudels ♪

♪ Doorbells

-♪ And sleigh bells

-♪ And schnitzel with noodles

-♪ Wild geese that fly with

the Moon on their wings ♪

-♪ These are a few

of my favorite things ♪

-♪ Girls in white dresses

with blue satin sashes ♪

-♪ Snowflakes that stay

on my nose and eyelashes ♪

♪ Silver-white winters

that melt into springs ♪

-♪ These are a few

of my favorite things ♪

-♪ When the dog bites

♪ When the bee stings

♪ When I'm feeling sad

♪ I simply remember

my favorite things ♪

♪ And then I don't feel

♪ So bad

-♪ When the dog bites

-♪ When the bee stings

-♪ When I'm feeling sad

♪ I simply remember

my favorite things ♪

♪ And then I don't feel

♪ So bad

-Oh, Maria, in spite of what

you saw over the garden wall,

you weren't prepared

for the way we live, were you?

-No, Mother,

but I pray and I try.

-Tell me, Maria.

What is the most important

lesson you've learned here?

-To find out what is

the will of God and to do it.

-Even if it's hard to accept?

-Even then.

-Maria, it seems it's the will

of God that you leave us.

-Leave? Leave here?

-For a while only.

-Oh, no, don't send me away,

Mother, please!

This is what I want!

This is my life!

- But are you ready for it?

Perhaps if you go out

into the world again for a time,

you will return to us

knowing what we expect of you

and that we

do

expect it.

-I know what you expect, Mother,

and I'll do it!

I promise!

-Maria!

-If it is God's will.

Where am I to go?

-There's a family.

A family of seven children.

You like children,

and you're very good with them.

They need a governess

until September.

-Until September?

-Captain Von Trapp

is expecting you tomorrow.

He's a fine man and a brave one.

He was given the Maria Theresa

medal by the Emperor.

It was for heroism

in the Adriatic.

-Captain in the Navy.

Mother, he'll be very strict.

-Maria, you are not being sent

to his battleship.

God bless you, Maria.

-Reverend Mother,

have I your permission to sing?

♪ Girls in white dresses

with blue satin sashes ♪

I have been given

permission to sing.

♪ Snowflakes that stay

on my nose and eyelashes ♪

♪ Silver-white winters

that melt into springs ♪

♪ These are a few

of my favorite things ♪

♪ When the dog bites

♪ When the bee stings

♪ When I'm feeling sad

-Yes, sir?

-I was calling a housekeeper,

and she didn't answer.

Do you know why?

-Sometimes she

doesn't hear, sir.

Ah.

-Ah. Sorry, sir.

I was answering the telephone.

Good day, sir. We're happy

to have you home again.

-Why did the last

governess leave?

-Who knows?

She just said, "I've had

enough of this," and walked out.

-Why? Was Louisa

playing tricks again,

putting toads in her bed?

-She didn't complain

of that, sir.

-Well, there's another one

coming today,

and this one can't walk out.

-Oh?

-She's coming

from Nonnberg Abbey

with orders to stay

until September.

-Well, I hope you'll be

at home for a time, sir.

-Just until tomorrow.

The telephone call.

Was it for me?

-Uh, no, it was for Franz.

But before you arrived,

there was a call from Vienna --

a Frau Schrader.

I have her number in the pantry.

-I know the number.

Oh, I shall be back in about

a month with some guests.

-Yes, sir.

Do you know how many, sir?

-Just two. Herr Detweiler...

-Ah, Herr Detweiler.

-...and Frau Schrader.

-Who wanted me on the telephone?

-It was the post office.

-What?

-There's a telegram for you.

It'll be delivered at 7:00.

-7:00?

That gives me five hours

to be nervous.

-Well, with that scatterbrained

boy delivering telegrams...

-That's one thing

people are saying.

If the Germans did take over

Austria, we'd have efficiency.

-Don't let the Captain

hear you say that.

Ugh!

He never whistled for us

when his wife was alive.

-He's being the captain

of the ship again.

-Oh. I can't bear

being whistled for.

It's humiliating.

-In the Imperial Navy,

the bosun always

whistled for us.

-I wasn't in the Imperial Navy.

-Too bad.

You could've made a fortune.

Oh, it's you. Wait here.

-I am Captain Von Trapp.

You are Fraulein...?

-Maria. Maria Rainer.

-Now, Fraulein,

as to your duties here...

Would you mind

stepping over there?

Before the children meet you,

you will put on another dress.

-I haven't any other dress.

When we enter the abbey,

all our worldly clothes

are given to the poor.

-What about this one?

-The poor didn't want this one.

I would've made myself a dress,

but I wasn't given time.

I can make my own clothes.

-Good. Now, you will be

in charge of my children.

There are seven of them.

You will find out how far they

have progressed in their studies

and carry on from there.

Each morning will be spent

in the classroom,

each afternoon they march.

You will see that at all times

they conduct themselves

with decorum and orderliness.

The first rule in this house

is discipline.

-Yes, sir!

-This is your new governess,

Fraulein Maria.

As I sound your signal,

you will step forward

and repeat your name.

You, Fraulein, will listen

and learn their signal

so that you can call them

when you want them.

- Liesl!

- Friedrich!

- Louisa!

- Kurt!

- Brigitta!

- Marta.

-That's Gretl.

Now, Fraulein, let's see

how well you listened.

-Oh! I won't have to whistle

for them, Reverend Captain.

What I mean is I'll be

with them all the time.

-Not on all occasions.

This is a large house

and a large estate.

They have been taught

to come only when they

hear their signal.

Now, when I want you,

this is what you'll hear.

-Pardon me, sir, you won't

have to bother with a whistle,

because I couldn't answer to it.

-That's nonsense.

Everyone in this house

answers to a whistle.

I'll show you.

-Yes, sir?

-This is my orderly, my butler.

The new governess,

Fraulein Maria.

-Yes, sir?

-That is the executive officer,

Frau Schmidt, the housekeeper.

Fraulein Maria. Please be sure

that her room is ready.

-Yes, sir.

-Well, I shall now leave you

with the children.

You are in command.

-Pardon me, sir.

I don't know how to address

you.

-You will call me Captain.

-Thank you, Captain.

Here's your whistle, Captain.

I won't be needing it.

Captain.

Well, now that there's just us,

would you tell me

your names again

and tell me how old you are?

Now you're...?

-I'm Liesl.

I'm 16, and I don't

need a governess.

-I'm glad you told me.

We'll just be friends.

-I'm Friedrich. I'm 14.

I'm a boy.

-Boy?

Why, you're almost a man.

-I'm Brigitta.

-You didn't tell me

how old you are...Louisa.

-I'm Brigitta.

She's Louisa,

and she's 13 years old.

And you're smart.

I'm 9, and I think your dress

is the ugliest one

I've ever saw.

-Brigitta, you mustn't say

a thing like that!

-Why not?

Don't you think it's ugly?

-Well, if I did think so,

I wouldn't say so.

I'm Kurt. I'm 11.

Well, almost.

-I'm Marta.

I'm going to be 7 on Tuesday,

and I would like a pink parasol

for my birthday.

-Pink's my favorite color, too.

And you're Gretl.

I'm going to tell you something.

I've never been

a governess before.

How do I start?

-You mean you don't know

anything about

being a governess?

-No.

-Well, the first thing

you have to do

is to tell Father

to mind his own business.

-No, Louisa, don't!

I like her.

-What's in here?

-My guitar.

-What did you bring this for?

-For when we all sing together.

-But we don't sing.

-Well, of course you sing.

Everybody sings.

What songs do you know?

-Well, we don't know any songs.

-You don't?

-No.

-Well, now I know

where to start.

I'm going to teach you

how to sing.

♪ Let's start

at the very beginning ♪

♪ A very good place to start

♪ When you read

you begin with ♪

-♪ A-B-C

-♪ When you sing,

you begin with do-re-mi ♪

-♪ Do-re-mi

-♪ Do-re-mi

♪ The first three notes

just happen to be do-re-mi ♪

-♪ Do-re-mi

-♪ Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti

Come. I'll make it easier.

Listen.

♪ Doe, a deer, a female deer

♪ Ray, a drop of golden sun

♪ Me, a name I call myself

♪ Far, a long,

long way to run ♪

♪ Sew, a needle

pulling thread ♪

♪ La, a note to follow sew

♪ Tea, a drink

with jam and bread ♪

♪ That will bring us back

to do, oh-oh-oh ♪

-♪ Doe

-♪ A deer, a female deer

-♪ Ray

-♪ A drop of golden sun

-♪ Me

-♪ A name I call myself

-♪ Far

-♪ A long, long way to run

-♪ Sew

-♪ A needle pulling thread

-♪ La

-♪ A note to follow sew

-♪ Tea

-♪ A drink with jam and bread

-♪ That will bring us back to

-♪ Doe, a deer, a female deer

♪ Ray, a drop of golden sun

♪ Me, a name I call myself

♪ Far, a long,

long way to run ♪

♪ Sew, a needle

pulling thread ♪

♪ La, a note to follow sew

♪ Tea, a drink

With jam and bread ♪

♪ That will bring us

back to do ♪

♪ Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do,

so-do ♪

-Is that what you call a song?

Do-re-mi-fa-so and so on?

-No, do-re-mi-fa-so and so on

are only the tools

we use to build a song.

And once we have these notes

in our heads,

we can sing

a million different tunes.

-How?

-By mixing them up.

Listen.

♪ So-do-la-fa-mi-do-re

Now you do it.

-♪ So-do-la-fa-mi-do-re

-♪ So-do-la-ti-do-re-do

-♪ So-do-la-ti-do-re-do

-But it doesn't mean anything.

-So we put in words.

One word for every note.

♪ When you know

♪ The notes to sing

♪ You can sing

♪ Most any thing

All together!

-♪ When you know

♪ The notes to sing

♪ You can sing

♪ Most any thing

-♪ Do

-♪ Re

-♪ Mi

-♪ Fa

-♪ So

-♪ La

-♪ Ti

-♪ Do, do

-♪ Ti

-♪ La

-♪ So

-♪ Fa

-♪ Mi

-♪ Re

-♪ Do

-♪ Mi-mi, mi

-♪ So-so

-♪ Re

-♪ Fa-fa

-♪ La

-♪ Ti-ti

-♪ Do

-♪ Mi-mi, mi

-♪ So-so

-♪ Re

-♪ Fa-fa

-♪ La

-♪ Ti-ti

-♪ Do, mi-mi, mi, so-so

-♪ When you know the

-♪ Re, fa-fa, la, ti-ti

-♪ When you know the

-♪ Do, mi-mi, mi, so-so

-♪ Notes to sing

-♪ Re, fa-fa, la, ti-ti

-♪ Notes to sing

-♪ Do, mi-mi, mi, so-so

-♪ You can sing

-♪ Re, fa-fa, la, ti-ti

-♪ You can sing

-♪ Most any thing

-♪ Doe, a deer, a female deer

♪ Ray, a drop of golden sun

♪ Me, a name I call myself

♪ Far, a long,

long way to run ♪

-♪ Sew, a needle

pulling thread ♪

-♪ A needle pulling thread

-♪ La

-♪ A note to follow sew

-♪ A note to follow sew

-♪ Tea

-♪ A drink with jam and bread

-♪ Jam and bread

-♪ That will bring us back to

♪ So-do-la-fa-mi-do-re

♪ So-do-la-fa

-♪ Ti

-♪ La-so

♪ So-la

♪ Ti-do

♪ So-do!

-Good night, Rolf.

-Liesl.

-Yes.

-You don't have to say

good night

just 'cause your father's home.

-How did you know

my father was home?

-I have a way of knowing things.

-You're wonderful.

-Not really.

-Yes, you are.

I mean, how did you know two

days ago that you would be here

at just this time tonight

with a telegram for Franz?

-Every year on this day he

always gets a birthday telegram

from his sister.

-You see? You

are

wonderful.

-Can I come again

tomorrow night?

-Rolf, you can't be sure

you're going to have a telegram

to deliver tomorrow night.

-I could come here by mistake --

with a telegram

for Colonel Schneider.

He's here from Berlin.

He's staying with

the Gauleiter, but I...

No one's supposed to know

he's here.

-Don't you tell your father.

-Why not?

-Well, your father's

pretty Austrian.

-We're all Austrian.

-Some people think

we ought to be German.

They're mad at those

who don't think so.

They're getting ready to...

Well, let's hope your father

doesn't get into any trouble.

-Oh, don't worry about Father.

He was decorated for bravery.

-I know.

It's not him that I worry about.

The only one I care about

is his daughter.

-Why?

-How old are you, Liesl?

- Sixteen.

-What?

What's wrong with that?

♪ You wait, little girl,

on an empty stage ♪

♪ For fate to turn

the light on ♪

♪ Your life, little girl,

is an empty page ♪

♪ That men will want

to write on ♪

-♪ To write on

-♪ You are 16 going on 17

♪ Baby, it's time to think

♪ Better beware,

be canny and careful ♪

♪ Baby, you're on the brink

♪ You are 16 going on 17

♪ Fellows will fall in line

♪ Eager young lads

and roués and cads ♪

♪ Will offer you food and wine

♪ Totally unprepared are you

♪ To face a world of men

♪ Timid and shy

and scared are you ♪

♪ Of things beyond your ken

♪ You need someone

older and wiser ♪

♪ Telling you what to do

♪ I am 17 going on 18

♪ I'll take care of you

-♪ I am 16 going on 17

♪ I know that I'm naive

♪ Fellows I meet

may tell me I'm sweet ♪

♪ And, willingly, I believe

♪ I am 16 going on 17

♪ Innocent as a rose

♪ Bachelor dandies,

drinkers of brandies ♪

♪ What do I know of those?

♪ Totally unprepared am I

♪ To face a world of men

♪ Timid and shy

and scared am I ♪

♪ Of things beyond my ken

♪ I need someone

older and wiser ♪

♪ Telling me what to do

♪ You are 17 going on 18

♪ I'll depend on you

-Fraulein Maria?

Hmm. The Captain's

going to Vienna tomorrow.

I have this material he ordered

for a new dress for you.

-Oh, how nice of him.

Even before it's made,

this is the prettiest dress

I've ever had.

I hope the Captain will like it,

because I want to ask him

for more material.

-More?

-Not for me, for the children,

for play clothes.

The Von Trapp children

aren't supposed to play.

The Captain doesn't like them

to get dirty.

-But they're children.

They have to climb trees,

roll on the grass.

-The Captain believes

the best exercise is marching.

The children

will continue to march.

Well, hope you find

your room comfortable.

-Yes, thank you.

There'll be new curtains

at the window and the alcove,

and they'll be hung tomorrow.

-But these curtains

are very good.

-There will be new curtains.

-Will the Captain be away long?

-Oh, I don't know.

Of course, he has to come home

every time he hires

a new governess.

I sometimes think those children

get rid of their governesses

just because they want

to see their father.

-He must want to see them, too.

-Well, since his wife died,

they remind him

too much of her.

Oh, you can put that away.

You won't be using that.

-Why not?

-Well, the Captain

won't have music here.

-He won't have music?

-He used to love music.

There were wonderful

evenings here.

His wife would sing, and he'd

play the violin or the guitar.

But he's shut all that

out of his life now.

-So that's why

he's the way he is.

But not to have music,

that's wrong for him

and wrong for the children, too.

-It'll work out.

The Captain may well marry again

before the summer's over.

-That would change everything.

They'd have a mother again.

-It's going to rain.

You'd better close your window.

-Dear God.

I know now that you have sent me

here on a mission.

I must help these children

to love their new mother

and prepare them to win her love

so that she will never

want them to leave her.

And I pray that this will become

a happy family in thy sight.

God bless the Captain,

God bless Liesl and Friedrich,

Louisa, Brigitta, Marta,

and little Gretl.

And, oh, yes,

I forgot the other boy.

What's his name?

Well, God bless What's His Name.

God bless the Reverend Mother

and Sister Margaretta

and everybody

at Nonnberg Abbey.

And now, dear God,

what about Liesl?

Help her to know

that I am her friend.

Help her to tell me

what she's up to.

-Are you going to tell on me?

-Help me to be understanding

so that I may guide

her footsteps.

In the name of

the Father, the Son,

and the Holy Ghost, amen.

-I-I was out taking a walk,

and somebody locked the doors

earlier than usual.

I didn't want to wake anyone up,

so when I saw

your window was open...

Oh, you're not going to

tell Father, are you?

-Did you climb that trellis

to get up here?!

-It's how we always

used to get into this room

to play tricks on the governess.

-Liesl...

were you out walking

all by yourself?

You know, if we wash

that dress out tonight,

nobody would notice it tomorrow,

and all this will just

be between you and me.

You could put this on.

Take your dress in there,

put it to soak in the bathtub.

Then come back here,

sit on the edge of my bed,

and we'll have a talk.

-I told you today

I didn't need a governess.

Well...maybe I do.

--Oh! It's you, Gretl!

Are you afraid? Oh.

Oh, you're not afraid

of a thunderstorm, are you?

You just stay right here

with me. Where are the others?

-They're asleep.

They're not scared.

-Come, all of you,

up on the bed.

Now all we have to do

is wait for the boys.

-We won't see them.

-Boys are brave.

- Aah!

-You boys aren't scared, too,

are you?

-Oh, no. We just wanted

to be sure you weren't.

-Was this your idea, Friedrich?

-No, it was Kurt's.

-That's it -- Kurt! That's who

I left out. God bless Kurt!

Maybe if we all sing

loud enough,

we won't hear the thunder.

♪ High on a hill

was a lonely goatherd ♪

♪ Lay-ee-odl, lay-ee-odl,

lay-hee-hoo ♪

♪ Loud was the voice

of the lonely goatherd ♪

♪ Lay-ee-odl, lay-ee-odl-oo

♪ Folks in a town

that was quite remote heard ♪

♪ Lay-ee, odl-lay-ee,

odl-lay-hee-hoo ♪

♪ Lusty and clear was

the goatherd's throat heard ♪

♪ Lay-ee, odl-lay-ee, odl-oo

-♪ O-ho, lay-dee, odl-lee-o

♪ O-ho, lay-dee, odl-ay

♪ O-ho, lay-dee, odl-lee-o

♪ Lay-dee, odl-lee-o-lay

-♪ A prince on a bridge

of a castle moat heard ♪

♪ Lay-ee, odl-lay-ee,

odl-lay-hee-hoo ♪

♪ Men on a road

with a load to tote heard ♪

-♪ Lay-ee, odl-lay-ee, odl-oo

-♪ Men in the midst

of a table d'hote heard ♪

-♪ Lay-ee, odl-lay-ee,

odl-lay-hee-hoo ♪

-♪ Men drinking beer with

the foam afloat heard ♪

-♪ Lay-ee, odl-lay-ee, odl-oo

♪ O-ho, lay-dee, odl-lee-o

♪ O-ho, lay-dee, odl-lee

♪ O-ho, lay-dee, odl-ay-o

♪ Lay-dee, odl-lee-o-lay

-♪ One little girl with

a pale pink coat heard ♪

♪ Lay-ee, odl-lay-ee,

odl-lay-hee-hoo ♪

♪ She yodeled back

to the lonely goatherd ♪

-♪ Lay-ee, odl-lay-ee, odl-oo

-♪ Soon her mama with

a gleaming gloat heard ♪

♪ Lay-ee, odl-lay-ee,

odl-lay-hm-hm ♪

♪ What a duet for

a girl and goatherd ♪

-♪ Lay-ee, odl-lay-ee, odl-oo

♪ O-ho, lay-dee, odl-lee-o

♪ O-ho, lay-dee, odl-lee

♪ O-ho, lay-dee, odl-ay-o

♪ Lay-dee, odl-lee-o-lay

♪ Happy are they,

lay-dee-o-lay-dee-lay-o ♪

♪ O-lay-dee,

o-lay-dee-lay-dee-o ♪

♪ Soon the duet

will become a trio ♪

♪ Lay-ee, odl-lay-ee, odl-oo

-♪ Odl-lay-hee

-♪ Odl-lay-hee

-♪ Odl-lay-hee

-♪ Odl-lay-hee

-♪ Odl-lay-hee-hee

-♪ Odl-lay-hee-hee

-♪ Odl-lay-hee

-♪ Odl-lay-hee

-♪ Odl-lay, odl-lay

-♪ Odl-lay, odl-lay

-♪ Odl-lay, odl-lay

-♪ Odl-lay, odl-lay

-♪ Odl-lay, odl-lay

-♪ Odl-lay, odl-lay

♪ Odl-lay, odl-lay, odl-lay

Whoo!

-Oh, Georg, those mountains.

Well, they're magnificent.

-Yes. They're not like

any other mountains.

They're friendly.

-Oh, and look. That green

stretch of woods over there.

When the wind moves through it,

it's like a restless sea.

I'm beginning to understand you

better, now that I see you here.

You know, you are a little

like those mountains.

Well, except that

you keep moving.

How can you be away from

this place as much as you are?

-Maybe I've been searching

for a reason

to come back here to stay.

-Georg, I like it here

very much.

-Max can't still be

on the telephone.

I know he's desperate

about getting singers for

the Kaltzberg Festival, but...

You like it here?

-Of course, we'd have to

spend some time in Vienna.

I have Heinrich's estate

to look after.

-I thought that was

a corporation now.

-It is, and I'm president.

-Well, I can't see you

sitting behind a desk.

-Oh? Oh, well, of course,

I wear a business suit,

and I smoke a very big cigar.

-Sorry I took so long.

-Ah, any luck?

-Ooh, how do you like this

for the Kaltzberg Festival --

the finest choral group

in Austria,

the greatest mixed quartet

in Europe,

and the best soprano

in the world.

-That's something

I'd love to hear.

-Ah, me too.

All I've got up to now is

a basso who isn't even profundo.

- Max, you always come

up with a good festival concert.

-And why? Because my motto

is never start out looking for

the people you wind up getting.

That is why I have been

telephoning Rome,

Paris, Stockholm, London...

-On Georg's telephone,

of course.

-How else could I afford it?

Why am I up here?

-I hoped it was

because you liked me.

-Of course I like you.

Why shouldn't I like you?

You live like a king.

You have an excellent

wine cellar.

-Max!

-I like rich people!

I like the way they live.

I like the way that I live

when I'm among them.

Speaking as a government

official, Georg, I...

Is there a cathedral near here?

-That's our abbey.

Nonnberg Abbey.

-They have a choir?

-A beautiful one.

-Good! In the next few days,

I have to visit all

these towns around here,

listen to saengerbunds,

quartets, choirs --

-You'll be here for meals,

won't you?

-Yes. Now, tell me,

who lives in that

dilapidated castle down there?

Rumpelstiltskin?

- Baron Elberfeld,

the oldest family in the valley.

-Ah, I'd like to meet him.

Well, I'd like to meet

all your friends.

Georg, why don't you throw

a dinner for me while I'm here?

Nothing very much.

Just something terribly lavish.

-Well, I -- I wouldn't know

who to invite.

Today, it's difficult

to tell who's a friend

and who's an enemy.

-Now isn't a good time

to make enemies.

So let's make some friends!

-I can't understand what's

happened to the children.

-You're not worried

about them, are you?

-They should've been here

to welcome you.

-Oh. Well, it couldn't have

been an intentional slight.

They haven't even met me yet.

-Forgive me.

I'll try to find them.

-So, Elsa, have you

made Georg's mind up yet?

Is he gonna marry you?

-Oh, yes.

He just hasn't admitted it yet.

No, there seems to be something

standing in his way.

-You don't know what it is?

-No.

-I do.

-What?

-It's very simple.

It's money.

-Money?

-Yes, you see, he is very,

very rich, and so are you.

-Max, it's...

-♪ In all the famous

love affairs ♪

♪ The lovers have to struggle

♪ In garret rooms

away upstairs ♪

♪ The lovers starve

and snuggle ♪

♪ They're famous

for misfortune ♪

♪ Which they seem

to have no fear of ♪

♪ While lovers

who are very rich ♪

♪ You very seldom hear of

-Not a sign of them anywhere.

-♪ No little shack

do you share with me ♪

♪ We do not flee

from a mortgagee ♪

♪ Nary a care

in the world have we ♪

-♪ How can love survive?

-♪ You're fond of bonds,

and you own a lot ♪

♪ I have a plane

and a diesel yacht ♪

-♪ Plenty of nothing

you haven't got ♪

-♪ How can love survive?

-♪ No rides for us

on the top of a bus ♪

♪ In the face

of the freezing breezes ♪

-♪ You'll reach your goals

in your comfy old Rolls ♪

♪ Or in one of your Mercedeses

-♪ Far, very far

off the beam are we ♪

♪ Quaint and bizarre

as a team are we ♪

♪ Two millionaires

with a dream are we ♪

♪ But we'll keep romance alive

♪ Two millionaires

with a dream are we ♪

♪ We'll make our love

♪ Survive

♪ No little cold-water flat

have we ♪

♪ Warmed by the glow

of insolvency ♪

-♪ Up to your necks

in security ♪

♪ How can love survive?

-♪ How can I show

what I feel for you? ♪

♪ I cannot go out

and steal for you ♪

♪ I cannot die

like Camile for you ♪

♪ How can love survive?

-♪ You millionaires

with financial affairs ♪

♪ Are too busy

for simple pleasures ♪

♪ When you are poor,

it is

toujours l'amour

♪ For

l'amour

all the poor

have leisure ♪

-♪ Caught in our gold-plated

chains are we ♪

♪ Lost in our wealthy

domains are we ♪

♪ Trapped by our

capital gains are we ♪

-♪ You'll keep romance alive

♪ Trapped by your

capital gains are you ♪

-♪ You'll make your love

-♪ We'll make our love

-♪ Survive

-What do you want?

-Oh, Captain.

I didn't see you.

I mean, I didn't know.

Heil!

-Who are you?

-I, uh, have a telegram

for Herr Detweiler.

I am Herr Detweiler.

-You delivered your telegram.

Now get out.

-Oh, Georg, he's just a boy.

-I'm an Austrian.

I will not be heiled.

-Oh, Georg, why don't you

look at things the way I do?

What's gonna happen

is gonna happen.

Just be sure

it doesn't happen to you.

-Max, it's a good thing

you haven't any character,

because if you had,

I'm convinced I'd hate you.

- You couldn't

hate me. I'm too loveable.

-Herr Detweiler,

there's a call for you.

-It's from --

-I'll take it.

-Well, hurry up! Ohh!

Oh, Captain, you're home!

- Straight line!

Get cleaned up

and report back here.

At once.

Fraulein, where did they get

these abominations?

Out of a nightmare?

-No, out of some curtains,

the curtains that used to

hang in my bedroom.

There was plenty of wear

left in them.

-Just -- Just -- Just a moment.

Do you mean to say the people

of the neighborhood have seen my

children wearing old curtains?

-Yes, they've

become very popular.

-Everyone smiles at them.

-I don't wonder.

-They say, "There go

Captain Von Trapp's children."

-My children have always

been a credit to my name.

-Oh, but, Captain, they weren't.

They were just unhappy

little marching machines.

-I don't care to hear from you

about my children!

-You must hear from someone!

You're not home long enough

to know them!

-I said I don't want to hear!

-I know you don't,

but you've got to!

Take Liesl.

Liesl isn't a child anymore.

And if you keep treating her

as one, Captain,

you're going to have

a mutiny on your hands.

And Friedrich --

Friedrich's afraid

to be himself.

He's just shy. He's aloof.

He needs you.

He needs your confidence.

-Don't tell me about my son.

-Brigitta could tell you

about him.

She could tell you a lot more

if you got to know her,

because she notices things,

and she always tells the truth,

especially when you don't

want to hear it.

Kurt is sensitive, he's easily

hurt, and you ignore him.

You brush him aside

the way you do all of them.

I haven't finished yet!

Louisa wants

to have a good time.

You've just got to let her

have a good time.

Marta I don't know about yet,

but somebody has to

find out about her.

And little Gretl

just wants to be loved.

Oh, please, Captain, love Gretl.

Love all of them.

They need you!

-Stop.

Stop it.

You will pack your things

and return to the abbey

as soon as you can.

-I'm sorry.

-♪ The hills are alive

with the sound of music ♪

-I shouldn't have said those

things in the way I said them.

-After you've gone, they'll --

What is that?

-Singing.

-Whose singing?

-♪ With songs they have sung

for a thousand years ♪

-The children.

-My children singing?

-I wanted them to sing for

Frau Schrader when they met her.

-♪ The hills fill my heart

♪ With the sound of music

-♪ Ah-ah-ah-ah

-♪ My heart wants to sing

every song it hears ♪

-♪ Every song it hears

-♪ My heart wants to beat

♪ Like the wings

of the birds that rise ♪

♪ From the lake to the trees

-♪ From the lake to the trees

-♪ My heart wants to sigh

like a chime that flies ♪

-♪ From a church on a breeze

-♪ I go to the hills

-♪ Ah-ah-ah-ah

-♪ When my heart is lonely

-♪ Ah-ah-ah-ah

-♪ I know I will hear

-♪ Ah-ah-ah-ah

-♪ What I've heard before

♪ My heart will be blessed

♪ With the sound of music

-♪ Ahh-ahh

-♪ And I'll sing

-♪ Once more

- Edelweiss. Ohh!

Georg, why didn't you tell me

how enchanting

your children are?

-Children, I'd like to have you

show Frau Schrader the gardens.

-Oh, yes!

Yes, show me the gardens.

I want to see everything.

And with all of you, too.

Now, I don't know

any of your names yet,

but, well, that doesn't matter,

does it?

I'm sure I won't get them right

for a very long time.

-My name is Marta.

-It is not!

-My

name's Marta.

She's Louisa.

-You were right.

I don't know my own children.

-They're waiting to know you.

They want so much to.

After I've gone --

-No.

I want you to stay.

-If I can be of any help.

-You have helped already.

You have brought music

back into my home.

I had forgotten.

♪ To laugh like a brook

♪ When it trips and falls

over stones in its way ♪

-♪ To sing through the night

♪ Like a lark

who is learning to pray ♪

♪ I go to the hills

♪ When my heart is lonely

♪ I know I will hear

♪ What I've heard before

♪ My heart will be blessed

♪ With the sound of music

-♪ And I'll sing

♪ Once

♪ More

-Hello.

I came back to congratulate you.

The Captain was really moved.

-He's asked me to stay on

with the children.

-Yes, so you're staying on?

-Then I go back to the abbey.

-The abbey?

-I'm going to be a nun.

-How nice.

Well, um, when you get back

to the abbey, you'll --

you'll think of us.

-I'll pray for you.

-That's right. Now, you must

do that for all the guests.

Come along, children.

The party's started.

-Frau Schmidt,

will you make my bow?

We've never had a party

in our house before.

-Ooh, yes, there used to be

lots of parties here.

-Friedrich and I used to

sneak out and watch them

from the top of the stairs.

-I remember the music.

-Now, go ahead, children,

and mind your manners.

-Come along.

-I remember

the beautiful ladies,

and everybody loved them.

-There was one lady,

the most beautiful of all.

I think she was here

all the time.

-Yes, Louisa.

Go.

-But be careful

what you say, Baron.

You have German blood,

haven't you?

-I am not a German.

I am Austrian.

-There's going to be Anschluss!

I warn you.

And everyone like you.

And that goes for --

-It's, uh,

much more pleasant

on the terrace.

-Elberfeld, it's very

nice to have you and

the Baroness here again.

-Frau Schrader

is charming, Georg.

-She's just coming down.

-We'll find you on the terrace.

Please.

-Father?

I don't think these people

are having a very good time.

-Half the people I invited

aren't speaking

to the other half.

-Well, maybe they're

having a good time

not

speaking to each other.

-Kurt, I haven't danced

the Laendler

since I was a little girl.

-Oh, you remember it.

-No, I haven't danced since --

-Come.

You said the left hand

behind the back.

-Yes, that's right, but first,

the boy and girl meet.

-Yes.

-They go for a little stroll.

--No, that's wrong, Kurt.

Let me show you.

-I don't remember any more.

-Well, th--

that's the way it's done, Kurt.

-Your face is all red.

-Guess I'm not

very used to dancing.

-Hello.

-Good evening, Frau Schrader.

-Hello, Uncle Max.

-Ohh!

-We're having a party.

-Good!

Tell your father

it's sure to be a success.

I'm

here.

Elsa, you are without a doubt

the most beautiful corporation

president in the entire world.

-Max, you're back and, as usual,

just in time for dinner.

-Georg, did you think you could

give a gala without me?

-Oh, dear,

now we have an odd man.

-A little odd but charming.

-Oh, Liesl,

run and ask Frau Schmidt

to set two more places.

I want to seat Fraulein Maria.

-Two places?

-We need another woman.

-Oh. Liesl.

-Oh, no, she's much too young.

I'll ask Maria.

-You can't be serious.

-But of course.

-But she's a nursemaid.

-I don't think of her that way.

-I mean, I don't mind,

but your friends --

you can't ask them

to dine with Maria.

-Why not?

-Oh, Elsa, tell him why not.

-Max, can you change in a hurry?

-Yes, Max.

We can use you tonight.

-It's very important that you

children like Frau Schrader.

-I like her, all right.

Why is it important?

Well, I think she's

going to be your new mother.

-Oh, Fraulein, Father's

never going to marry her.

Why, he -- he couldn't.

-Why not?

-Because he's in love with you.

-Now, Brigitta, that's just --

-You must know that.

-Brigitta, no.

-Remember the other night

when we were all

sitting on the floor,

singing the "Edelweiss" song

you taught us?

After we finished, you laughed

at him for forgetting the words.

But he didn't forget the words.

He just stopped singing

to look at you.

And when he speaks to you,

the way his voice sounds,

and the way you looked at him

just now when you were dancing,

you're in love with him.

-One more dance, Gretl,

and then bed, hm?

Ah, Fraulein Maria,

you're not going to have dinner

with the children tonight.

You're going to have dinner

down here with us.

It's all arranged.

You'll have to hurry.

You'll have to change.

-Uh, Georg,

I've asked the children

to say good night

the way they did last night.

-No, Elsa, not here.

-Oh, no, please, Georg.

The way they did it for me,

it was so sweet.

-No, no,

not in front of strangers.

-Please, Georg. For me?

Please.

This way.

-Presto chango!

-Max, you're just in time.

Children, now.

-♪ There's a sad

sort of clanging ♪

♪ From the clock in the hall

♪ And the bells

in the steeple, too ♪

♪ And up in the nursery,

an absurd little bird ♪

♪ Is popping out

to say "Cuckoo" ♪

- ♪ Cuckoo, cuckoo

-♪ Regretfully, they tell us

but firmly they compel us ♪

♪ To say goodbye

-♪ Cuckoo

-♪ To you

-♪ So long, farewell,

auf Wiedersehen, good night ♪

-♪ I hate to go and leave

this pretty sight ♪

-♪ So long, farewell,

auf Wiedersehen, adieu ♪

-♪ Adieu, adieu to you

and you and you ♪

-♪ So long, farewell,

au revoir, auf Wiedersehen ♪

-♪ I'd like to stay and taste

my first champagne ♪

No?

-No.

-♪ So long, farewell,

auf Wiedersehen, goodbye ♪

-♪ I leave and heave a sigh

and say goodbye ♪

♪ Goodby-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-e

-♪ I'm glad to go

♪ I cannot tell a lie

♪ I flit, I float

♪ I fleetly flee, I fly

-♪ The sun has gone to bed

♪ And so must I

-♪ So long, farewell

♪ Auf Wiedersehen, goodbye

♪ Goodbye

♪ Goodbye

♪ Goodbye

-♪ Goodbye

-Ladies and gentlemen,

dinner is served.

-Excellent. Please.

-Elsa, they're extraordinary!

-I know.

Fraulein Maria

taught them to do it.

-I've been looking all over

Austria for something

just like this for the festival,

and I-I find it right here.

-Ah, now, wait a minute, Max.

-A singing group of seven

children all in one family.

-Max, Georg didn't even

want them to sing

in front of the guests tonight.

I had to persuade him.

-Ah, then you have influence.

You must speak to him.

-Max.

-It's for the good of Austria!

And it wouldn't do me any harm.

-Maria has asked to see you.

I know it has taken her

a long time.

-I waited till she wanted

to come to me.

-It's strange.

She's happy to be here,

but she's unhappy, too.

-Why did they send her back?

Do you know?

-She doesn't speak.

She hasn't spoken

except in prayer.

-I shall see her.

-Maria.

-This must have been a trying

experience for you.

-It was, Reverend Mother.

-Has it taught you anything?

-I've learned I never want

to leave these walls again.

-Why did they send you

back to us?

-They didn't send me back.

I left.

I left without telling them

I was going,

without saying goodbye.

-Sit down, Maria.

Maria, what happened?

Why did you do this?

-I was frightened.

-Frightened?

-I was confused. I felt --

I never felt that way before.

I couldn't stay.

And I knew that here

I would be away from it,

that here I would be safe.

-Maria, our abbey is not

to be used as an escape.

What is it you can't face?

-I can't face him again.

-Maria, are you in love

with Captain Von Trapp?

-I don't know. I don't know.

-Tell me about it, child.

-Brigitta said that I was

and that her father

was in love with me.

And then there he was, and

we were looking at each other.

I could hardly breathe!

And I knew I couldn't stay.

-But do you like him?

-Oh, yes.

-And did you let him see

how you felt?

-If I did,

I didn't know that I did.

That's what's been torturing me.

I was there on God's errand.

To have asked for the Captain's

love would've been wrong.

I don't know, Mother.

I do know this.

I'm ready at this very moment

to take the vows of poverty,

obedience, and chastity.

-Maria...

the love of a man and a woman

is holy, too.

You were born

of happiness, of love.

And, my child...

you have a great capacity

to love.

What you must find out is,

how does God want you

to spend your life?

-I've pledged my life

to God's service!

I've pledged my life to God!

-My daughter,

if you love this man,

it doesn't mean

you love God less.

You must find out.

You must go back.

-Oh, no, Mother,

please don't ask me to do that.

Please let me stay here.

-Maria, these walls were not

made to shut out problems.

You have to face them.

You have to find the life

you were born to live.

-How do I find it?

-You look for it.

♪ Climb ev'ry mountain

♪ Search high and low

♪ Follow ev'ry byway

♪ Every path you know

♪ Climb ev'ry mountain

♪ Ford ev'ry stream

♪ Follow ev'ry rainbow

♪ Till you find your dream

♪ A dream that will need

♪ All the love you can give

♪ Every day of your life

♪ For as long as you live

♪ Climb ev'ry mountain

♪ Ford ev'ry stream

♪ Follow ev'ry rainbow

♪ Till you find your dream

♪ A dream that will need

♪ All the love you can give

♪ Every day of your life

♪ For as long as you live

♪ Climb ev'ry mountain

♪ Ford ev'ry stream

♪ Follow ev'ry byway

♪ Till you find your

♪ Dr-e-e-e-e-e-eam

-♪ One little girl in

a pale pink coat heard ♪

-♪ Lay-ee, odl-lay-ee,

odl-lay-hee-hoo ♪

-♪ She yodeled back

to the lonely goatherd ♪

-♪ Lay-ee, odl-lay-ee, odl-oo

-♪ Soon her mama

with a gleaming gloat heard ♪

-♪ What a duet for

a girl and goatherd ♪

-♪ Lay-ee, odl-lay-ee, odl-oo

♪ O-ho, lay-dee, odl-lee-o

-♪ Oh-ho...

-Oh. All right,

well, let's do some --

Let's do some serious

singing now. Shall we?

Liesl.

-♪ Do

-♪ Me

-♪ So

-♪ Do

-Okay, that's nice.

That -- That's very nice.

Except it's no good.

I want you to imagine

you're standing

on the stage

of a big concert hall.

-What concert hall?

-Any concert hall.

Maybe Kaltzberg Concert Hall,

but a concert hall

full of people.

Now, let's try one more time.

-♪ Do

-♪ Me

-♪ So

-♪ Do

-Oh, Gretl, darling,

why won't you sing loudly?

-I've got a sore finger.

-Oh, which one?

There, now. Mmm-mmm!

Now you can sing loudly

for Uncle Max.

On the night of the party,

you sang so beautifully,

with such spirit!

Shall we try one more time?

-♪ Do

-♪ Me

-♪ So

-♪ Do

-They wanted to sing for me,

the darlings,

but they don't sing

as well as they did.

-We need Fraulein Maria.

-We do

not

need Fraulein Maria.

You can sing

just as well with me.

-But, Georg, I have

experience with choirs,

quartets, glee clubs --

-Max, please.

Now, what would you

like to sing?

♪ Doe, a deer, a female deer

-Fraulein Maria

always started --

-We are not to mention

Fraulein Maria.

-Come on, Max.

I feel like a brisk walk.

-Ah, that's just what I need.

Is anyone using the car?

-Now, what are you

going to sing?

-♪ The hills are alive

♪ With the sound of music

-♪ Ah-ah-ah-ah

-♪ With songs they have sung

♪ For a thousand years

-No. No, not that.

Louisa, did you play

any of your tricks,

any of your jokes

on Fraulein Maria?

-Only those

she liked to laugh at.

-Well, something must've

happened for her to leave

without even saying goodbye.

-Isn't Fraulein Maria

coming back?

-No, darling, I don't think so.

-But she was the best governess

we ever had.

-You're not going to have

a governess anymore.

-Good.

-I'm not sure that's good.

-You're going to have

a new mother.

-A new mother? Frau Schrader?

-Yes.

It was all settled last night.

I'm very happy.

Well, it's time

for your afternoon walk.

-When Fraulein Maria

wanted to feel better,

she used to sing that song.

Do you remember?

-Yes.

-All right. Let's try it.

-♪ Raindrops on roses

♪ And whiskers on kittens

♪ Bright copper kettles

♪ And warm woolen mittens

♪ Brown paper packages

♪ Tied up with strings

♪ These are a few

of my favorite things ♪

-Why don't I feel better?

-♪ Girls in white dresses

with blue satin sashes ♪

♪ Snowflakes that stay

- ♪ On my nose and eyelashes

♪ Silver-white winters

that melt into springs ♪

♪ These are a few

of my favorite things ♪

-Maria! Maria's back!

-♪ When the dog bites

♪ When the bee stings

♪ When I'm feeling sad

♪ I simply remember

my favorite things ♪

♪ And then I don't feel

♪ So b-a-a-ad

-Oh, children!

Are you all right, Marta?

I missed you so very much!

I must find your father

right away!

-I'll find him.

-How's your sore finger?

-You remembered.

-Liesl, are you all right?

-Yes, Fraulein, I'm all right.

-Many telegrams lately?

-No, Fraulein.

I'll be glad to go

to boarding school.

-Liesl, you can't use boarding

school to escape your problems.

You have to face them!

Oh, I have so much

to talk to you about.

-We have some things

to tell you, too.

-I'm sure you have

a great deal to tell me.

-Well, I guess

the most important thing

is that Father's

going to be married.

-Married?

-To Frau Schrader.

-Are you sure?

-He just told us himself.

-Louisa, Brigitta, boys.

Maria, we'll be in the nursery.

-You've come back.

-Yes, Captain.

-You left us without

any explanation whatsoever,

without even saying goodbye.

-And it was very wrong of me.

Forgive me.

-Well, why did you

do this to us? Tell me.

-Please don't ask me.

Anyway, the reason

no longer exists.

-Well, then you're

back to staying?

-Only until you can

make arrangements

for another governess.

-Oh, no, you'd be missed

by the children.

I'd

miss --

Everybody's missed you

very much.

Nothing was the same

while you were away.

Everything was...wrong.

-But I --

-We'll talk about it later.

You go up to the children now.

Maria.

A new dress?

-I know I'm right, Max.

-I'll take your word

for it, Elsa. Ah.

-Ah. Georg.

Now, you'll settle this

for Max and me, will you?

How far down the mountain

does your property go?

-Oh, uh, can you make out

that stone wall?

That's the property line.

-Ah. You see?

-I didn't argue about it.

-Oh, I know,

and that makes me furious.

I don't like to win

without a fight.

-Herr Detweiler,

while you were gone,

you had a long-distance call

from Berlin.

-Who could be calling

from Berlin?

-They said

you'd know who it was.

-Ah. Uh, thank you, Franz.

Oh, Georg, you know I have

no political convictions.

Can I help it

if other people do?

-Yes, let's not

stir that up again.

The Germans have promised

not to invade Austria,

and Max knows that.

-Then why does he bother

to take those calls from Berlin?

-Because if they don't

keep their promise,

I want to have

some friends among them.

-Naturally.

-Oh, you agree, too?

-Oh, Georg, this is

the way I look at it.

There was a man who was dying,

they were giving him

the last rites,

and they asked him,

"Do you renounce the devil

and all his works?"

and he said,

"Well, at this point,

I'd prefer not to

make any enemies."

-Georg, if they should invade

us, would you defy them?

-Yes.

-You realize what might happen

to you, to your property?

-To your children.

-To everyone close to you.

To Elsa, to me.

-Well, what would you do

if they come?

-Well, what anyone

with any sense would do --

sit tight and wait

for it all to blow over.

-And you think it will?

-Well, one thing's sure --

nothing you can do

can make any difference.

-Yes, so don't be

so serious, darling.

Just, ah, take the world

off your shoulders. Relax.

♪ You dear, attractive,

dewy-eyed idealist ♪

♪ Today you have to learn

to be a realist ♪

-♪ You may be bent on

doing deeds of derring-do ♪

♪ But up against a shark,

what can a herring do? ♪

-♪ Be wise, compromise

-♪ Compromise and be wise

-♪ Let them think you're on

their side, be noncommittal ♪

-Herr Detweiler?

-♪ I will not bow my head

to the men I despise ♪

-You don't have to bow your

head. Just stoop a little.

-♪ Why not learn

to put your faith ♪

♪ And your reliance

♪ On an obvious and simple fact

of science? ♪

♪ A crazy planet

full of crazy people ♪

♪ Is somersaulting

all around the sky ♪

♪ And every time it turns

another somersault ♪

♪ Another day goes by

♪ And there's no way

to stop it ♪

♪ No, there's no way

to stop it ♪

♪ No, you can't stop it

even if you tried ♪

♪ So, I'm not going to worry

♪ No, I'm not going to worry

-Herr Detweiler?

-♪ Every time I see

another day go by ♪

-♪ While somersaulting

at a cockeyed angle ♪

♪ We make a cockeyed circle

'round the sun ♪

♪ And when we circle back

to where we started from ♪

♪ Another year has run

♪ And there's no way

to stop it ♪

♪ No, there's no way

to stop it ♪

♪ If the earth wants to roll

around the sun ♪

♪ You're a fool if you worry

♪ Yes, a fool if you worry

♪ Over anyone

but little number one ♪

-♪ That's you

-♪ That's I

-♪ And I

-♪ And me

♪ That all-absorbing character

-♪ Oh, that

fascinating creature ♪

-♪ That super-special feature

♪ Me

-♪ I, me

On one thing alone, we agree.

Each one is important

to himself.

But you can't save yourself

by giving up.

And you don't outwit a lion

by putting your head...

-Your call from Berlin, sir.

-...in the lion's mouth.

-I'll call him back.

-No, you might as well

take it now, Max.

-Go, go.

-Georg, I feel as if I know

what's going to happen here.

Can't you see things my way?

-No. Not if you're willing

to see things their way.

-There's one thing you do better

here than we do in Vienna,

and that's your sunsets.

I'm going to miss them.

-Captain -- Oh!

Beg your pardon.

-Oh, Maria.

Oh, Georg, you didn't tell me

Fraulein Maria was back.

I'm delighted.

-Thank you.

Captain, the children

would like to know

if they could take a holiday

from their lessons tomorrow

so that we can go on a picnic.

-Yes, I don't mind.

-That'll make them very happy.

And may I be permitted

to wish you happiness, too,

Frau Schrader?

Captain, the children have told

me you're going to be married.

-I'm afraid the children

were wrong, dear.

Well, I must finish my packing

if I'm to get back to Vienna.

-Auf Wiedersehen, Georg.

Goodbye, Maria.

-I'm sorry if I said something

I shouldn't have said.

-You did say the wrong thing,

but you said it

at the right time.

-The children, they told me

you were going to marry

Frau Schrader.

-We found we just

couldn't go the same way.

That door has shut.

-Sister Margaretta always says,

"When God shuts a door..."

-I know. He opens a window.

Maria? Why did you

run away to the abbey?

What made you come back?

-The Mother Abbess.

She said that you have to

look for your life.

-Often, when you find it,

you don't recognize it.

-No.

-Not at first.

Then one day...

one night...

all of a sudden,

it stands before you.

-Yes.

-I look at you now,

and I realize

this is not something

that has just happened.

It is something

that I have known

deep inside me for many weeks.

You knew it, too.

What was it that told you?

-Brigitta. She said when we

were dancing that night --

-She was quite right.

That was not just

an ordinary dance, was it?

-I hadn't danced

since I was very little.

It's quite different

after you've grown up, isn't it?

-Yes.

Yes, quite different.

-It is different.

-Your whole life will be

different now, Maria.

I'll take you anywhere

you want to go, give

you anything you wish.

-But I don't want

to go anywhere.

Everything I could wish for

is right here.

♪ Perhaps I had

a wicked childhood ♪

♪ Perhaps I had

a miserable youth ♪

♪ But somewhere in

my wicked, miserable past ♪

♪ There must have been

a moment of truth ♪

♪ For here you are

standing there, loving me ♪

♪ Whether or not you should

♪ So somewhere in my youth

♪ Or childhood

♪ I must have done

something good ♪

♪ Nothing comes from nothing

♪ Nothing ever could

♪ So somewhere in my youth

♪ Or childhood

♪ I must have done

something good ♪

-♪ I might have had

a wicked childhood ♪

♪ I might have had

a miserable youth ♪

♪ But somewhere in that

wicked, miserable past ♪

♪ There must have been

a moment of truth ♪

♪ For here you are

standing there, loving me ♪

♪ Whether or not you should

-♪ So somewhere in my youth

♪ Or childhood

♪ I must have done

something good ♪

-♪ Nothing comes from nothing

♪ Nothing ever could

-♪ So somewhere in my youth

-♪ Or childhood

-♪ I must have done something

-♪ Something

♪ Good

-Maria, is there someone

I should go to

to ask permission to marry you?

Why don't we ask the children?

-♪ Hallelujah

♪ Hallelujah

♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah

-♪ Hallelujah

-♪ Hallelujah

-♪ Hallelujah

-♪ Hallelujah

-♪ Hallelujah

-♪ Hallelujah

-♪ Hallelujah

-♪ Hallelujah

-♪ How do you solve

a problem like Maria? ♪

♪ How do you catch a cloud

and pin it down? ♪

♪ How do you find the word

that means Maria? ♪

♪ How do you hold a moonbeam

♪ In your hand?

-This morning,

armed forces of Germany

are marching beyond the

boundaries of German-Austria.

-Herr Detweiler?

Herr Detweiler!

Herr Detweiler,

can you help me, please?

The Gauleiter's here.

He wants to know why

we're not flying the new flag.

-Heil!

-I tried to explain --

-Keep quiet!

When is Captain Von Trapp

returning?

-Who knows, when a man

is on his honeymoon?

-These are not times for joking.

It's been four days

since the Anschluss.

This is the only house

in the province

that is not flying

the flag of the Third Reich.

-You mean the flag

with the black spider on it?

-Brigitta.

-Do you permit such remarks

in this house?

Who are you?

-I am Maximilian Detweiler,

First Secretary to the Ministry

of Education and Culture.

-That was the old regime.

- No, in the old regime,

I was

Third

Secretary.

Now I am First Secretary.

-Good. Then you can

order them to fly the flag.

-Captain Von Trapp wouldn't --

I mean, I take my orders

only from Captain Von Trapp.

-You take your orders from us!

And so does the Captain.

Heil!

-Heil.

-Why was he so cross?

-Everybody's cross these days.

-Is Father going to

be in trouble?

-He doesn't have to be.

The thing to do today

is to get along with everyone.

-Children, children!

See what I have got here.

A program for

the Kaltzberg Festival, 1938.

And look here -- the singers

of the Family Von Trapp.

And here are all

of your names. Look.

Liesl, Friedrich, Louisa, Kurt,

Brigitta, Marta, and Gretl.

-Why am I always last?

-Because you're the youngest.

-Now, Liesl,

I'm depending on you.

Day after tomorrow,

you must all be ready

to leave at 11:00

in the morning.

-Uncle Max, are you sure this is

going to be okay with Father?

-He will be pleased and proud.

-Liesl, do you think so?

-Brigitta, don't you trust me?

-No.

-Well, anyway, the bus

will leave at 11:00 sharp.

-Fraulein Liesl,

see what I have here?

-Oh, that's Father's luggage.

-Yes, they're back!

-They're back!

They're back!

-Now, Liesl, they'll have

such a lot to tell us.

Let us not be in any hurry

to tell them...

-Oh, Max!

-Ah, Georg!

We weren't expecting you

till next week.

-Max, it's good you're here.

There's much I want to know.

-Oh, children,

we missed you so very much.

-What did you miss most?

-We missed hearing all that

noise you make in the morning.

-That noise you make,

telling each other to be quiet.

We missed climbing upstairs

to say good night to you.

-We missed hearing you sing.

-You're just in time

to hear us sing.

Look, Father,

we're going to sing

at the Kaltzberg Festival

Friday night.

-Let me see that.

Max, are you

responsible for this?

-Georg, I've just been

waiting for an opportunity

to talk to you.

-You can't talk your way

out of this one.

-Oh, presents!

-Let's open them in the nursery.

-Now, Georg, I had to make

a last-minute decision.

I-I know it's very fortunate

to be able to enter them at all.

They'll be the talk

of the festival,

seven children in one family --

-Not my family.

-The committee heard them.

They were enchanted.

-Really, Max? What did they say?

-Oh, you've never heard

such praise.

-Georg, did you hear?

-The Von Trapp Family

does not sing in public.

-But if they make

people happy...

-And for the festival.

People come from

all over the world.

-It is out of the question!

-Georg, it's for Austria.

-There is no Austria.

-But the Anschluss

happened peacefully.

I mean, let's at least

be grateful for that.

-Grateful?

To these swine?

-Oh, Maria, he must

at least pretend to

work with these people.

I mean, I admire the

way he feels, but you

must convince him.

He has to compromise.

-No, Max, no.

-Maria, you must.

-Max, I can't ask Georg

to be less than what he is.

- All right.

Then I shall speak to him.

I mean, if these children

don't sing in that festival,

well, it'll be

a reflection on Austria.

And it wouldn't do

me

any good.

-Maria, I've always known

you loved us children.

Now I know you love Father.

-Oh, I do, Liesl.

I love him very much.

-How can you be sure?

-Because I don't think

first of myself anymore.

I think first of him.

I now know how to spend my love.

♪ A bell is no bell

till you ring it ♪

♪ A song is no song

till you sing it ♪

♪ And love in your heart

wasn't put there to stay ♪

♪ Love isn't love

till you give it away ♪

♪ When you're 16 going on 17

♪ Waiting for life to start

♪ Somebody kind

who touches your mind ♪

♪ Will suddenly

touch your heart ♪

-♪ When that happens,

after it happens ♪

♪ Nothing is quite the same

♪ Somehow you know

you'll jump up and go ♪

♪ If ever he calls your name

-♪ Gone are the old ideas

of life ♪

♪ The old ideas grow dim

♪ Lo and behold,

you're someone's wife ♪

♪ And you belong to him

♪ You may think

this kind of adventure ♪

♪ Never may come to you

♪ Darling, 16 going on 17

♪ Wait a year

♪ Or two

-♪ I'll wait

♪ A year

-♪ Or two

-Rolf! Oh, Rolf!

I'd like you to meet my mother,

my new mother.

-Rolf, I'm glad

to meet you, finally.

-I have a telegram

for Captain Von Trapp.

-You stay here with Liesl.

I'll take it to him.

-I'm under orders to make sure

the Captain gets it.

-I'm sure you can trust me

to give it to him.

-I have my orders.

-Silly. They're married.

-Ah, Franz, this telegram

is to be delivered

into the hands

of Captain Von Trapp.

-Heil.

-Heil!

-Rolf?

-Even Franz?

-Yes, even Franz.

Even me.

Even everybody in Nonnberg,

except for the great

Captain Von Trapp.

If he knows what's good for him,

he'll come to the Reich's side.

-Rolf, don't talk like that.

-And if he doesn't,

he better get out

of the country.

There are things that happen

today to a man like him.

He better get out quick.

Just remember what I've said

before it's too late.

You remember, too.

-Oh, Liesl, don't cry.

-How could he turn on Father

like that?

-Maybe he wasn't

threatening your father.

Maybe he was warning him.

-Liesl.

-What is it, Georg?

-I didn't think

I would have to face

a decision this soon.

-Berlin has offered me

a commission in their Navy.

-Well?

-I can't just brush this aside.

I admit it would be exciting

to have a ship under me again.

What I mean is, it would be

a relief and comfort

to know that you

and the children are safe.

But it also means...

Please, Maria, help me.

-Georg, whatever you decide

will be my decision.

-We'll have to get out

of Austria right away.

-You'll have to

leave tonight, now.

-Not without my family.

And we can't

just pick up and leave.

They'll be watching us now.

We'll have to plan.

We'll have to have time.

-Sir?

Admiral Von Schreiber

of the Navy of the Third Reich

is here to see you.

-Thank you, Franz.

They didn't give us time.

-Then we'll have to make time.

-We must be careful.

-What's going on? Stormtroopers?

This is what I was afraid of.

-Max, you stay with Georg.

Liesl, find the children,

quickly!

-Admiral Von Schreiber,

may I present Herr Detweiler?

Max, I think you know

Herr Zeller.

Would you gentlemen

care to sit down?

-We are here on business.

-Captain Von Trapp,

a telegram was sent to you

three days ago.

-I've just received it, sir.

I've been away.

I've only been home

half an hour.

-Captain Von Trapp

has just returned

from his honeymoon, sir.

-Congratulations, Captain.

-Thank you, sir.

-Your record in the war is very

well-remembered by us, Captain.

-It's good to hear

you say that, sir.

-Let's get to the point!

-If you don't mind.

In our Navy, we hold you

in very high regard.

That explains why I am here.

Having had no answer

to our telegram,

the high command

has sent me in person.

-That's very flattering, sir,

but I've had no time to --

-I'm here to present you

with your commission.

-I'm deeply conscious

of the honor --

-And your orders are to report

immediately to the

naval base of Bremerhaven.

-Immediately?

Oh, I'm afraid

that would be impossible

for you, Georg.

Admiral, may I present my wife,

the Baroness Von Trapp?

Admiral Von Schreiber.

-Madam.

-What I mean, sir,

is that we are all singing

in the Kaltzberg Festival

on Friday night.

You see, the Von Trapp Family

singers here in the program.

-It has been arranged

by the Ministry

of Education and Culture.

-Friday night?

This is Wednesday.

It is only a matter of two days.

It might be possible.

You could report to

Bremerhaven by Monday.

-Admiral!

-Is there a telephone

I could use?

-Uh, this way, Admiral.

If there remain any questions,

perhaps adding the weight

of my voice might help to smooth

over any ruffled feathers.

-It gives here only

the names of the children.

-It says

the Von Trapp Family singers.

-I am the head of

the Von Trapp family.

-It's hard to believe,

Captain Von Trapp --

you, singing in a concert.

-Herr Zeller,

you may believe what you choose.

-Ah, it doesn't say here

what you're going to sing.

What are you

going to sing, Captain?

-It's your privilege to come

to the concert and hear us.

-I'd like to hear you sing now.

Sing what you're going to sing

in the concert.

Sing!

-♪ Sew, a needle

pulling thread ♪

-♪ A needle pulling thread

-♪ La, a note to follow sew

-♪ A note to follow sew

-♪ Tea, a drink

with jam and bread ♪

-♪ A drink with jam and bread

-♪ A drink with jam and bread

-♪ A drink with jam and bread

-♪ Jam and bread

-♪ With jam and bread

-♪ Tea with jam and bread

-♪ Tea with jam and bread

-♪ Jam and bread

-♪ Jam and bread

-♪ Tea with jam, jam and bread

♪ Jam and bread, tea with jam

♪ Jam and bread

-♪ With jam

-♪ A-B-C

-♪ With jam

-♪ Do-re-mi

-♪ A-B-C-D-E-F-G

-♪ Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti

-♪ With jam and bread

-♪ With jam and bread

-♪ Fa-la-la-la

-♪ Fa-la-la-la

♪ Tea with jam and bread

♪ With jam and bread

♪ With jam, with jam

♪ And bre-a-a-a-ad

-♪ Edelweiss

♪ Edelweiss

♪ Every morning

♪ You greet me

♪ Small and white

♪ Clean and bright

♪ You look happy

♪ To meet me

♪ Blossom of snow

♪ May you bloom and grow

♪ Bloom and grow

♪ Forever

♪ Edelweiss

♪ Edelweiss

♪ Bless my homeland

♪ Forever

♪ Edelweiss

♪ Edelweiss

♪ Every morning...

-♪ Small and white

♪ Clean and bright

♪ You look happy

♪ To meet me

-♪ Blossom of snow

♪ May you bloom and grow

-♪ Bloom and grow

♪ Forever

♪ Edelweiss

♪ Edelweiss

♪ Bless my homeland

♪ Forever

-Thank you,

ladies and gentlemen.

Thank you. Uh, just a moment.

I have an announcement

that concerns you.

Well, our festival concert

has reached its conclusion,

except, of course, we don't know

what that conclusion will be.

Our distinguished judges

are putting their heads

together to arrive

at their decision.

And while we are waiting,

I think there

should be an encore.

It seems this might be the last

opportunity the Von Trapp family

will have to sing together

for a long, long time.

I have just been informed

that Captain Von Trapp

leaves immediately after

this concert for his new command

in the Naval Forces

of the Third Reich.

A guard of honor has arrived

to escort the Captain

directly from this hall

to the naval base

at Bremerhaven.

And now, ladies and gentlemen,

the Von Trapp family

once again!

-♪ There's a sad

sort of clanging ♪

♪ From the clock in the hall

♪ And the bells

in the steeple, too ♪

♪ And up in the nursery,

an absurd little bird ♪

♪ Is popping out

to say "Cuckoo" ♪

-♪ Cuckoo, cuckoo

-♪ Regretfully, they tell us

but firmly they compel us ♪

♪ To say goodbye

-♪ Cuckoo

-♪ To you

-♪ So long, farewell,

auf Wiedersehen, good night ♪

-♪ We hate to go and miss

this pretty sight ♪

-♪ So long, farewell,

auf Wiedersehen, adieu ♪

-♪ Adieu, adieu to you

and you and you ♪

-♪ So long, farewell,

auf Wiedersehen, goodbye ♪

-♪ We flit, we float

♪ We fleetly flee, we fly

-♪ So long, farewell,

auf Wiedersehen, goodbye ♪

-♪ The sun has gone to bed,

and so must I ♪

♪ Goodbye

-♪ Goodbye

-♪ Goodbye

-♪ Goodbye

-Well, our distinguished judges

have reached their decision,

and we will start

with the third award.

For this honor,

the judges have named

the trio of the

Saengerbund of Herwegen!

The second award has been

given to Fraulein Schweiger,

the first soloist of the

choir of St. Agatha's

Church in Morbach.

Uh, Fraulein.

The first prize,

the highest musical honor

in the ausmache...

goes to the Family Von Trapp!

The Von Trapp family!

-Keep quiet.

-Please, everybody --

-Nobody move!

-Call the guard!

-We need to call headquarters.

-Where are they?!

-Quiet!

-A

chtung!

Take the first row!

-Arrest that man!

-All clear, sir.

-Keep looking.

-Nothing here.

-Keep moving.

-Go that way.

Over there.

-Sir.

-Look around the back.

-Anything?

-Clear!

-All clear!

-Clear!

-They've only five

more rooms to search.

Shouldn't be too long now.

-How many of them are there?

-I counted only eight

stormtroopers and their officer.

-Sister Margaretta, we didn't

know we'd put the abbey

in this danger.

-It's outrageous.

The church has always

been a sanctuary.

-Not for these people.

This is the third time

they've searched the abbey.

That's why we put you

out here in the garden.

They always search the inside,

never the outside.

-Isn't this God's house?

-Shh!

-Not in here.

-Yes, darling.

-Then why did He let them in?

-We all must be

very, very quiet.

I'll let you know

when they've gone.

-When they've gone,

can we go home?

-No, darling. We have

a long drive ahead of us.

-Liesl, let's all stay

close to each other.

-Liesl.

-Lieutenant!

-What is it?!

There's no one here, sir!

-All right! Come along!

--Oh. Liesl. Liesl.

Thank God.

-They've gone.

-Quick. Go inside.

Children, quick. In you go.

You go.

Reverend Mother, we are sorry

we brought this on you.

-Reverend Mother,

we can never thank you.

-As soon as it's safe,

we'll start.

We hid our car

deep in the woods.

-The car will do you no good.

They've left a guard on the road

in front of the gate.

-I've been listening

to the wireless.

All the roads are blocked.

The borders are closed.

-I've always thought of these

mountains as my friends,

standing there, protecting us.

Now it seems they've

become my enemies.

-Never your enemies.

Haven't you read?

"I shall lift up mine eyes

unto the hills

from whence cometh my help."

-Georg, I know that mountain

as well as I know these gardens,

and so do you.

Once we're over that mountain,

we're in Switzerland.

-But the children.

-We can help them.

-Father. We can do it

without help.

-You'll have help.

-For ye shall go out with joy

and be led forth with peace,

and the mountains and hills

shall break forth before you

into singing.

♪ Follow every byway

♪ Till you find your dream

♪ A dream that will need

-♪ Ah-ah-ah

-♪ All the love you can give

-♪ Ah-ah-ah-ah

-♪ Every day of your life

-♪ Ah-ah-ah

-♪ For as long as you live

-♪ Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

-♪ Climb ev'ry mountain

♪ Ford ev'ry stream

♪ Follow ev'ry rainbow

♪ Till you

♪ Find your

♪ Dre-e-e-e-am

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