Agathe von Trapp, the eldest daughter of a well-known musical family, overcomes many obstacles to pursue her musical career and move to the United States.
Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Matthew Macfadyen | ... | Captain Georg von Trapp | |
Eliza Bennett | ... | Agathe von Trapp | |
Rosemary Harris | ... | Older Agathe von Trapp | |
Yvonne Catterfeld | ... | Maria Gustl von Trapp | |
Cornelius Obonya | ... | Konrad | |
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Johannes Nussbaum | ... | Sigi |
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Annette Dasch | ... | Lotte Lehmann |
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Barbara M. Messner | ... | Mathilde (as Barbara Maria Messner) |
Brigitte Kren | ... | Frau Mayer | |
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Marco Dott | ... | Attorney Müller |
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Lisa-Maria Trinkl | ... | Little Agathe |
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Luca Russegger | ... | Little Rupert |
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Emanuel Promberger | ... | Little Werner |
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Alisa Rotthaler | ... | Little Hedwig |
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Helen Winter | ... | Little Martina (as Helena Winter) |
Agathe von Trapp, the eldest daughter of a well-known musical family, overcomes many obstacles to pursue her musical career and move to the United States.
I went into this movie expecting a more historically accurate, if still sweet telling of the von Trapp story. Well, it is more historically accurate in that in keeps the original names of the children and mentions that Maria and the Captain had more children together, but other than that it is basically an abridged version of The Sound of Music.
Granted the story is told from the eldest daughter, Agathe's perspective but I still wanted to see more of their lives in America and not just what I already knew. Not only that, but the acting is so bad in some parts (particularly the scenes in the present with an elderly Agathe and her granddaughter) that I was reminded of a Hallmark movie. However, I liked Eliza Bennet as young Agathe and how she develops a relationship with her new stepmother. But it wasn't enough to save this movie.
After seeing this, I'd rather watch The Sound of Music on a continuous loop than watch this movie again.