Character mistake: Liesl sings "I Am 16" with Rolfe before she is ever taught to sing "Do Re Mi" by Maria. We are led to believe the children have no concept of singing, so how was she able to sing this song before learning to sing? (00:41:00 - 00:42:00)
LorgSkyegon
29th Nov 2025
The Sound of Music (1965)
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Suggested correction: They certainly know about singing. It's just been banned in the house since their mother died. Liesl, as the oldest, would have had the most experience of it.
19th Dec 2019
The Sound of Music (1965)
Corrected entry: The green dress Maria wears when she returns to the von Trapps is the exact same dress as the new postulant is wearing as she enters the Abbey. My guess is that the new postulant was Julie Andrews' understudy and was used in the scene instead of casting another actor or extra. (02:01:02)
Correction: As she said earlier in the film, when women join the convent, they donate all their worldly clothes to the poor. Maria likely did that when she returned from the von Trapp household. As the new girl was joining, she had to give up her worldly clothes. Since Maria was sent back to the von Trapps right after this, she likely grabbed this dress so she could get back there. As this is a film and not a play, Julie Andrews would not have an understudy, as they would have to reshoot the entire film anytime her face is visible.
But the night she returns, she wears the blue dress she wore during the puppet show... which she would have given away.
Given how quickly she left, and the emotional upheaval she was going through at the time, it's likely Maria left some or all of her clothes behind, either on purpose or merely forgetting.
16th Sep 2003
The Sound of Music (1965)
Corrected entry: Many years ago, Maria von Trapp was asked if the movie was pretty close to real life, and she replied, "Yes, except for one thing." She amusingly explained that when the family was crossing through the mountains, they were definately NOT singing, unlike the film.
Correction: Either she was joking, or this is an error. The movie differs drastically from the truth. The family escaped by train to Italy, not on foot to Switzerland. Also, Captain von Trapp was an Italian citizen and therefore not subject to German conscription, Georg and Maria were married ten years before the Anschluss and had two children together before they fled Austria, the family sang to pay their bills from an Austrian bank collapse, and the children's names were changed.