The Hills Are Alive! Behind The Scenes With The Sound of Music

But What About The Real von Trapps?

Despite the phenomenal success of the von Trapp family’s story, none of the actual von Trapps saw any profits from the film. After Maria’s memoir gained traction, she sold the film rights to German producers, but unknowingly also signed away any of her own rights to the story. American rights to the story were bought from German producers. This is probably why people mostly don’t know The Sound of Music is based on a real family.