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The Sound of Music View of Salzburg

This mountain view of Salzburg from the Benedictine Monastery appears at the film’s climax during the Von Trapp family’s flight from pursuing Nazis.

'View of Salzburg' backdrop from The Sound of Music
'View of Salzburg' backdrop from The Sound of Music, detail shot
'View of Salzburg' backdrop from The Sound of Music, detail shot
'View of Salzburg' backdrop from The Sound of Music, detail shot
'View of Salzburg' backdrop from The Sound of Music, detail shot
'View of Salzburg' backdrop from The Sound of Music, detail shot
Film still from The Sound of Music
'View of Salzburg' backdrop from The Sound of Music
'View of Salzburg' backdrop from The Sound of Music, detail shot
'View of Salzburg' backdrop from The Sound of Music, detail shot
'View of Salzburg' backdrop from The Sound of Music, detail shot
'View of Salzburg' backdrop from The Sound of Music, detail shot
'View of Salzburg' backdrop from The Sound of Music, detail shot
Film still from The Sound of Music
Director
Robert Wise
Studio
20th Century Fox
Production Designer
Boris Leven
Scenic Art Supervisor
John Harold Coakley
Scenic Artist
John Harold Coakley, Bill Anderson, John Gary Coakley, Gordon Butcher, Art Rider
Description
Mountain view of Salsburg from the Benedictine Monastery
Place
Salsburg, Austria, 1938
Date
1965
Dimensions
31’-5” x 19’-6”
Medium
Dry color and gelatin binder on cotton muslin
Style
Landscape
Credit
Gift of J.C. Backings Corporation
Photo Credit
Texas Performing Arts, Sandy Carson

Directed by Robert Wise, production design by Boris Leven, and music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. This beloved musical film from 1965 follows the life of Maria, a young postulant hired as a governess to the seven children of a strict Austrian navy captain, filmed primarily on location in Austria and on the soundstage.

The Sound of Music (1965), 20th Century Fox