Son in Sound of Music family dies (BBC) {Werner von Trapp}

[eppur_se_muova]

Werner von Trapp, a member of the family made famous by the legendary Hollywood film The Sound of Music, has died aged 91 in the US.

The film was loosely based on a 1949 book by Mr von Trapp's stepmother Maria and changes some details. He was depicted by the character named Kurt.

Mr von Trapp died on Thursday at his home in Waitsfield, Vermont.

The Sound of Music opened on Broadway in 1959. The Julie Andrews film version in 1965 won five Oscars.

Proficient

The book by Maria von Trapp tells the story of an Austrian woman who becomes governess to a widower with seven children.
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[Botany]

1. Herr von Trapp

So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye



gute Nacht

[midnight]

2. Watching that movie is a Christmas tradition in my family.

As recently as 2002, a line from the movie made me feel similiar to how the Von Trapp family must have felt. The father finds the messanger boy trying to get the attention of his daughter. He sends him away, and then says something like, " The Austria that he knows is a fading memory".

[merh]

8. actually, the rightwingers remind me of that messenger boy

so naive, so caught up in nationalism and the fever of power and greatness, that they don't realize how they are being used and fooled, while their nation is being destroyed around them.

I oft wondered what I would have done if I lived in Germany during Hitler's rule, I'm finding out and I don't like what I am learning.

May the heavens sing as they welcome Mr. Van Trapp.

[Fridays Child]

3. How sad.

He and his family brought so much joy to the world. RIP, Werner Von Trapp.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

4. I recommend reading the original book by Maria von Trapp

You'll see how much of the story Rogers and Hammerstein changed.

For example, by the time the family had to flee Austria, Maria and the Captain had been married for nearly ten years and had two more children and another on the way.

[eppur_se_muova]

5. Well, how long would that have made the movie? :^D

Seriously, sometimes the story is changed just to get it down to "watchable" length. Sometimes more excusable than others.

I am the type of person who likes to read the book rather than see the movie. I haven't seen a new movie in years, though I remember TSOM as being an enjoyable childhood experience. Only later did I realize that it's basically a love story.

[fortyfeetunder]

6. A second for reading the book

It left a more indelible impression on me than the movie ever did.

[EFerrari]

7. I thought they complimented each other. The book, iirc,

did a great job of describing what immigrants to this country went through in adjusting to a new culture. Very moving.