The von Trapp Family – A Life Of Music (2015)
The von Trapp Family – A Life Of Music (2015)
Stars: Matthew Macfadyen, Eliza Bennett, Yvonne Catterfeld, and Cornelius Obonya
Director: Ben Verbong
Genre: Drama, Music
Motion Picture Rating: Not Rated
Synopsis from Concorde Entertainment: Agathe von Trapp (ELIZA BENNETT) grows up with her six siblings in the shelter of her family at “Erlhof,” her family’s property in the State of Salzburg. When her beloved mother passes away, her world falls apart. The girl with the golden voice resolves never to sing again. Instead, she selflessly looks after the household, her siblings, and her father Georg von Trapp (MATTHEW MACFADYEN). He has mixed feelings about that and encourages her to start living her own life. The family moves to Salzburg, and her father finds a new love and substitute mother for his children, the nanny Maria Gustl (YVONNE CATTERFELD). Agathe sees Maria as her competitor and reacts with rejection. But the encounter with an artist, the (re-)discovery of her voice and the power of the music that bonds her family bring the two women together in the end. They know the signs on the eve of the annexation of Austria by Hitler’s Germany forebode imminent change and demand courageous decisions. Decisions that will change the family’s life forever…
