The Sound of Music

by Lies

Having survived the decades after its original production with admirable grace, there is probably not one of Julie Andrews’s movies the like of “The Sound of Music” in charm or attractiveness to both adults and children alike- save, perhaps, “Mary Poppins”.  The happiness radiating from it, through every storyline and sometimes tragic occurrence in the plot, is, still, unique, and there are few people who can suppress a smile at the young, musical charm of Fraulein Maria and her seven charges.

Julie Andrews sometimes literally dances through the movie, spreading mirth and happiness wherever she comes through her songs and, in the role of the young-postulant-annex-governess-of-seven-children, manages not only to cheer up the mournful and strict world of the Von Trapps, but also, and definitely, the world outside the cinemas- the world of those who watch. With a song and a smile, the movie’s musical spirit drags its audience along to another, different, merrier world.

Though insecure at first, “Fraulein Maria” quickly wins the hearts of the seven mischievous children in her charge and, in the end, like every spectator hopes will happen, the heart of their father alike. A spectacular escape from Nazi-occupied Austria secures the needed and expected happy end... and once more the hills are alive with the Sound of Music.