Maria and the von Trapp family were actually real people, and they really did escape Austria as the Nazi Party rose to power. They also settled in Vermont and established a lodge, according to the ...

Although money didn’t appear to be of concern to the family depicted in the movie, in real life, the fortunes of the von Trapp family had faltered during the global depression of the early 1930s ...

With its themes of family and goodness triumphing over evil, The Sound of Music is widely regarded as a Christmastime staple. Those curling up to watch it with their own loved ones, however, may ...

Few may realise however that the von Trapps were indeed a real family ... Following her death in 2014, family friend Marianne Dorfer, who runs the von Trapp Villa Hotel, told the Austrian Times ...

In Climbed Every Mountain, Sue Perkins tells the astonishing true story behind the real Von Trapp family, portrayed almost 50 years ago in one of the most popular films ever made, The Sound Of Music.

As avid fans of "The Sound of Music" already know, the real von Trapp family was a musical troupe that toured the world after their escape from Salzburg, Austria, in 1938. As the family business ...

Much like those famous hills, the Austrian palace that inspired the von Trapp family villa is still alive ... But The Sound of Music fans can still see the real things either as guests of Hotel ...