1.4 billion people have seen the Hollywood blockbuster "The Sound of Music." Year after year, hundreds of thousands of tourists come to Salzburg to visit the filming locations of the singing von Trapp family. No film, book, or song has shaped the image of Austria in the world as much as this idealized family story. The song "Edelweiss" is sung worldwide as an anthem of the Alpine country. However, the true story of Georg Ritter von Trapp's family does not align with the sugary clichés: the fate of the von Trapps vividly reflects Austria's contradictory history from the Habsburg monarchy to the country's devastation by Adolf Hitler. The dramatic path to global fame. Content includes: The beginning: a villa in Pola; Idyllic life during the war: at Erlhof in Zell am See; At Martinsschlössel in Klostern.