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Movie · 1958

The Trapp Family in America

Released 17 October 1958 More from 1958 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

The von Trapp family are struggling to survive in America, where their performances of European church music are not popular with the audiences. Only when they start performing more upbeat Austrian folk songs and even some American numbers do they become a success and finally find security and a new home.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Adrienne Gessner
as Mrs. Hammerfield
62
Holger Hagen
43
Horst Tappert
35
Ruth Leuwerik
as Baronin von Trapp
34
Wolfgang Wahl
as Patrick
32
Michael Ande
as Werner
14
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
48years between the oldest and youngest billed
62Adrienne Gessner — oldest on the call sheet
14Michael Ande — youngest billed
37average age of the credited cast
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