In 1965 Robert Wise, an American film director, presented to the world The Sound of Music which was about romance, music and family. The Sound of Music was based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, originally Maria had never planned to write anything about her life. However, a friend begged Maria not to let her story be forgotten. In a way, Maria von Trapp's story has been forgotten because Wise took artistic license when he was making The Sound of Music. When Maria first saw the movie she was shocked and upset because of the changes. The differences between the movie and real life was the children's names were changed, Georg von Trapp's character was modified and how the von Trapp's left Austria was just
