Which 1965 musical about the von Trapp family won Best Picture?

Which 1965 musical about the von Trapp family won Best Picture? The Sound of Music won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Directed by Robert Wise, the film adapts the 1959 stage musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, which in turn drew on Maria von Trapp’s memoir. Julie Andrews plays Maria, a former novice who becomes governess to the seven von Trapp children in Salzburg and eventually marries their father, Captain Georg von Trapp.

The film’s final section places the family’s escape against Austria’s 1938 Anschluss, when Nazi Germany annexed Austria. Although based on real people, the movie reshapes chronology and events for drama and presents a polished musical version of the family’s story.

The Sound of Music won five Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. It is often confused with My Fair Lady, another lavish 1960s musical that won Best Picture, but that award belonged to the 1964 film and was presented at the following year’s ceremony.