SECOND TO NUN

THE hills were alive with the Sound Of Music 60 years ago.

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Inspired by a true story, the hit musical followed novice nun Maria, employed as a governess to the seven unruly von Trapp children.

Their widowed father Captain von Trapp runs the family home on military lines, but Maria eventually brings fun and music back into his offspring’s lives and melts his heart in the process.

Sadly, the Austrian family’s newfound happiness is threatened by the looming Second World War.

The film received an almost universal panning from critics when it was first released 60 years ago this month, but it went on to win an Oscar, grossed £60 million at the box office in its first year and has become a cinema classic.

The soundtrack, written by Rodgers and Hammerstein, also ended up spending 70 weeks in the UK music charts.