Where was The Sound of Music filmed?

1965 film by Robert Wise

The Sound of Music (1965) was filmed in Minneapolis, Tulsa, Marktschellenberg, Werfen, Bavarian Alps, Mirabell Palace and 7 more places, 13 places named in its Wikipedia article's Filming and post-production section, in the United States, Austria, Germany. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as Austria. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.

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Places per Wikipedia's Filming and post-production section

Wikipedia’s Filming and post-production section names 13 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.

Places whose own article says it was shot there

7 places whose own Wikipedia article names this film as something shot there, where Wikidata records nothing and this film’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.

• Werfen Austria

  “A small portion of a picnic scene from The Sound of Music was filmed on a hillside of the village of Werfen.” Wikipedia

• Felsenreitschule Austria

  “The Felsenreitschule was used as a location for the 1965 film version of The Sound of Music.” Wikipedia

• Mirabell Palace Austria

  “Several scenes from The Sound of Music were filmed here.” Wikipedia

• Obersalzberg Germany

  “It was the scene of the filming of The Sound of Music 's last scene where the von Trapps were escaping into what was thought to be Switzerland and to their freedom.” Wikipedia

• Schloss Leopoldskron Austria

  “In 1964, parts of the film The Sound of Music, directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews, were shot in Salzburg.” Wikipedia

• Salzburg Austria

  “In the 1960s, The Sound of Music, based on the true story of Maria von Trapp, who took up with an aristocratic family and fled the German Anschluss, used locations in Salzburg and Salzburg State as filming location.” Wikipedia

• Hohenwerfen Castle Austria

  “The castle can be seen in the background of the "Do-Re-Mi" picnic scene in The Sound of Music starring Julie Andrews, which was filmed on a hillside showing the village of Werfen.” Wikipedia

Recorded only at country level

Wikidata also records this film as shot in Austria, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.

Filming locations that are mapped there: Austria

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