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The Sound of Music (1965)
Where The Sound of Music says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
The hills are in Bavaria, the villa has three addresses, and the gazebo moved to a new town
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Scenes and places
The meadow where Maria sings
Maria runs through a mountain meadow, singing about the hills coming alive, while the nuns back at the abbey cannot find her.
Set in Mountain meadow near Salzburg — The mountain above Salzburg where Maria sings and wanders off from the abbey. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A Bavarian mountain just over the Austrian border (Mehlweg, near Marktschellenberg).
Filmed at Mehlweg mountain, near Marktschellenberg, Bavaria — Filmed here from June 28 to July 2, 1964. The crew added birch trees and then removed them, and the brook was plastic filled with water for the shoot. The coordinate is the village of Marktschellenberg; the exact meadow is not given. The Untersberg, on the German side, is visible in the background at the start and end of the opening song. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at St. Gilgen, Wolfgangsee — The aerial view at the beginning of the film shows the village and lake. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Schloss Anif — Aerial shots of the castle appear at the beginning of the film. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Maria sings "I Have Confidence"
Maria leaves the abbey and walks to her new post, singing to steady her nerves.
Set in The road from the abbey — Maria leaves the abbey on foot and sings to give herself courage on the way to the villa. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Scenes of the song were shot at several Salzburg places, including a horse pond and the Residence Fountain.
Filmed at Pferdeschwemme (horse pond), Salzburg — The horse trough opposite the Festival Hall appears on Maria's walk from the abbey while she sings "I Have Confidence". Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Maria's abbey
At the abbey in Salzburg the nuns debate what to do about Maria; the Reverend Mother asks why she ran off to the hills and decides she will go to a family as governess.
Set in Nonnberg Abbey — The abbey in Salzburg where Maria lives and where the Reverend Mother sends her out as a governess. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Founded about 712-715 by Rupert of Salzburg; "the oldest continuously existing nunnery in the German-speaking world." Maria von Trapp began her religious training there in 1924.
Filmed at Nonnberg Abbey, Salzburg — Abbey scenes were filmed in Salzburg from April 25 to May 22, 1964. Abbey scenes include the opening "Maria" chorus and the children coming to the abbey gate. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Fox Studio Lot, Los Angeles — Maria's bedroom in the abbey was built and shot at the Fox studios in Los Angeles, not in Salzburg. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Maria arrives at the villa
Maria arrives at the villa and meets the Captain, who whistles for his children and inspects her. Inside, she meets the seven children, who try tricks on her.
Set in Von Trapp villa — The family house near Salzburg where Maria becomes governess to the seven children. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A Salzburg palace stands in for the front and back of the villa; the rooms inside are studio sets.
Filmed at Frohnburg Palace, Salzburg — Filmed here June 9 to 19, 1964. The palace stands for the front and back facades of the villa. The front also appears when Maria arrives, when a flag is taken down and when a car is pushed away. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Fox Studio Lot, Los Angeles — The rooms inside the villa were shot on sets at the Fox studios from July 6, 1964. The ballroom (Venetian Room) was recreated in a Hollywood studio. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The gazebo at night
Liesl meets the telegram boy Rolfe in the garden at night and they flirt.
Set in The villa garden — The garden of the villa where Liesl and Rolfe meet at night. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Now stands in the Hellbrunn Palace park, Salzburg.
Filmed at Hellbrunn Palace park, Salzburg — The gazebo now sits here. The production left the original gazebo at Schloss Leopoldskron as a gift to the city and it was moved to Hellbrunn after fans trespassed on the private lakefront. The scene itself was not filmed at Hellbrunn. The gazebo was used in the "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" and "Something Good" scenes; the one at Hellbrunn today is a rebuilt one. The gazebo was originally on the Meierhof side of the Leopoldskron grounds. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: The gazebo is in the Hellbrunn Palace park in the south of Salzburg.
Do-Re-Mi across Salzburg
Maria teaches the children to sing, starting with the very first notes. The song takes them from a mountain slope to Salzburg's gardens and streets, ending around a fountain where they use its steps as a musical scale.
Set in Mountains and streets around Salzburg — The song moves between the hills and the city as Maria teaches the children. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Hohenwerfen Castle overlooks Werfen and can be seen in the background of the Do-Re-Mi picnic scene. Mirabell Palace was built about 1606 on the Salzach for Prince-Archbishop Wolf Dietrich Raitenau.
Filmed at Slopes above Werfen, Salzach valley — The picnic scenes were shot above the town of Werfen on June 25 and 27, 1964, including a brief shot of the family on the Schafberg Railway. The coordinate is Werfen town; Hohenwerfen Castle, seen in the background, is at 47.48194, 13.18778. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Mirabell Gardens, Salzburg — The fountain and steps at the end of the song, shot from late April to May 1964. The "Do-Re-Mi" steps scene was shot here, with the Pegasus fountain in the background. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Residenzplatz and Residence Fountain, Salzburg — Old-town square and fountain shot in the same late April to May 1964 block. Maria splashes the horse fountain with water while singing "I Have Confidence". Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Terrace talk by the lake
On the lakeside terrace the Baroness and Max talk with the Captain about parties and the Captain's life.
Set in The villa terrace — The terrace by the lake behind the villa. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Schloss Leopoldskron, built 1736 by Prince-Archbishop Leopold Anton von Firmian; a Salzburg Global Seminar venue since 1947 and a private hotel since 2014.
Filmed at Schloss Leopoldskron and its lake, Salzburg — Crews filmed the terrace and gardens from May 23 to June 7, 1964 on the Leopoldskron grounds and an adjacent property called Bertelsmann. One source says the palace itself never appears in the film (see disputes). The film company did not get permission from the Salzburg Seminar, so a terrace and a "seahorse gate" replica were built on the adjacent Meierhof grounds. Scenes there: the pink lemonade party, the boat scene and the argument between Maria and the Captain. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The wedding in the grand church
The wedding takes place in a grand church with an organ and a congregation.
Set in Wedding church — The church where the wedding takes place.
Mondsee Abbey was founded in 748 by Odilo, Duke of Bavaria, on Roman ruins; its parish church is where the wedding was filmed.
Filmed at Mondsee Abbey church, Mondsee — Filming resumed here on April 23, 1964 for the wedding scenes. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Salzburg Festival stage
The family performs at the festival in front of an audience, and the Captain sings "Edelweiss."
Set in Salzburg Festival stage — The festival stage where the family performs. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Built 1693-94 as a summer riding school in the former Mönchsberg quarry, with 96 arcades in three tiers.
Filmed at Felsenreitschule, Salzburg — Scenes filmed here from April 25 to May 22, 1964. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The mountain road at the end
The last stretch of the film is set high in the Alps.
Set in Mountain border road — The mountain route near the border in the last stretch of the film.
Obersalzberg, a Bavarian mountain area near Berchtesgaden.
Filmed at Obersalzberg, Berchtesgaden, Bavaria — The closing hike was shot on the Obersalzberg in the Bavarian Alps, within sight of Hitler's Kehlsteinhaus. The coordinate is the mountain area. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Mozartsteg, Salzburg — Not matched to a scene Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Schloss Fuschl, Hof bei Salzburg — Not matched to a scene Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at St. Peter Cemetery (Petersfriedhof), Salzburg — Later flight scenes Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Roßfeld Panorama Road, Berchtesgaden, Bavaria — Meadow and mountain scenes (exact shot unknown) Google Maps · Apple Maps
Characters
- Maria — A young woman from the Salzburg abbey who is sent out as a governess.
- Captain von Trapp — A widowed father of seven children who whistles for them like a ship's crew.
- Liesl — The eldest child, sixteen, who says she needs no governess.
Questions answered on the map
- Where was the von Trapp villa really filmed?
- Where did Maria sing Do-Re-Mi?
- Where is the Sound of Music gazebo today?