Which actor plays Captain von Trapp in the 1965 war-era film The Sound of Music?

Christopher Plummer plays Captain Georg von Trapp in the 1965 film The Sound of Music.

The story is set largely in Austria shortly before and during the 1938 Anschluss, when Nazi Germany annexed Austria. Von Trapp is a widowed former naval officer raising seven children. Maria, a postulant sent from Nonnberg Abbey, becomes their governess and later marries him.

Although the film is best known as a musical family drama, its final section places the characters against the political transformation of Austria. Von Trapp refuses to accept a commission in the German navy and eventually escapes Austria with his family by crossing the Alps.

Directed by Robert Wise, The Sound of Music was adapted from the stage musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. It won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Plummer’s character is based on the real Georg von Trapp, though the film changes several details of the family’s history and timeline.