The Sound of Music Page #9

...or childhood

I must have done something

Something good

Maria.

Is there anyone I should go to,

to ask permission to marry you?

- Why don't we ask...

- The children?

How do you solve a problem like Maria?

How do you catch a cloud

And pin it down?

How do you find a word

That means Maria?

A flibbertigibbet

A will-o'-the-wisp

A clown

Many a thing you know

You'd like to tell her

Many a thing she ought to understand

But how do you make her stay

And listen to all you say?

How do you keep a wave upon the sand?

Oh, how do you solve

A problem like Maria?

How do you hold a moonbeam

In your hand?

Herr Detweiler!

- Heil Hitler.

- Oh, good afternoon, Herr Zeller.

Perhaps you've not heard.

I am now the Gauleiter.

Heil Hitler.

Heil Hitler.

I've come from

Captain von Trapp's house.

The only one in the area

not flying the Third Reich flag...

...since the Anschluss.

- But we have dealt with that.

- I don't...

The housekeeper told me

that I would find you here.

The only thing she'd tell me.

What kind of information

are you looking for?

When will the captain return?

Well, he's on his honeymoon trip.

He's not been in touch with us.

Am I to believe he hasn't communicated

with his children in over a month?

How many men do you know...

...who communicate with their children

while honeymooning?

Upon his return, he'll fill

his proper position in the new order.

Naturally.

And may I congratulate you...

...and your people in allowing the

festival to go on tonight as planned.

Why should it not go on?

Nothing in Austria has changed.

Singing and music will

show this to the world.

Austria is the same.

Heil Hitler.

Heil Hitler.

Come, let's go home.

- Why was he so cross?

- Everybody's cross these days.

Maybe the flag with the black spider

makes people nervous.

- Will Father be in trouble?

- He doesn't have to be.

The thing to do

is to get along with everybody.

Remember that tonight at the concert.

Are we really going to sing

before a lot of people?

Look. The von Trapp Family Singers:

Liesl, Friedrich, Louisa, Brigitta,

Kurt, Marta and Gretl.

- Why am I always last?

- Because you are the most important.

There we go.

Are you sure Father will approve

of our singing in public?

He'll be pleased and proud.

- Liesl, do you think so?

- Don't you trust me?

No.

You're a very intelligent girl.

Liesl. Liesl!

Rolfe!

I'm so glad to see you.

It's been su...

Good afternoon.

Give this to your father

as soon as he's home.

- He's on his honeymoon.

- I know.

- You do?

- We make it our business to know all.

- Who's "we"?

- See that he gets it.

- What is it?

- It's a telegram from Berlin.

Don't you want to deliver it yourself?

I'm occupied

with more important matters.

And your father had better be too.

But, Rolfe!

Father!

- We didn't expect you so soon.

- Hello, hello!

We didn't expect you home

until next week!

- Did you bring souvenirs from Paris?

- Hello! How are you?

Why didn't you call us?

We couldn't get through.

I had nothing to do with that.

We came back as fast as we could.

Well, well, well! We missed you!

- We missed you!

- We missed kissing you.

We missed all the noise

in the morning.

- Mostly, we missed hearing you sing.

- Oh, you came back just in time.

Look, Frulein Maria...

I mean Mother.

We're going to sing

in the festival tonight.

We've been having a lovely time!

We've been rehearsing all...

Surprise! Surprise!

Surprises for you on the terrace.

We'll talk about this.

I would've told you but you were away.

I had to make a last-minute decision.

I was fortunate to enter them at all.

They'll be the talk of the festival.

Imagine, seven children in one family!

Max!

Somehow I recall having made it

quite clear to you...

...how I feel about my family

singing in public!

The committee was enchanted.

- What did they say?

- I have never heard such enthusiasm.

- Don't you think just this once...?

- Absolutely out of the question.

- Georg, this is for Austria.

- For Austria?

- There is no Austria!

- But the Anschluss was peaceful.

- Let's at least be grateful for that.

- Grateful?

You know, Max...

...sometimes I don't believe

I know you.

Father, I forgot.

This is for you.

Maria, he has got to at least pretend

to work with these people.

You must convince him.

Max, I can't ask him

to be less than he is.

Then I'll talk to him.

If the children don't sing, well...

...it will be a reflection

on Austria.

Oh, I know.

It wouldn't do me any good either.

Mother? That sounds so nice.

- I like calling you "Mother."

- I like hearing it.

You love Father very much.

I can tell you do.

Very much.

Mother, what do you do when you

think you love someone?

I mean, when you stop loving someone

or he stops loving you?

Well, you cry a little.

Then you wait for the sun to come out.

It always does.

There are so many things I think

I should know but I don't.

- I really don't.

- How can you?

Sometimes I feel the world is ending.

- Then you feel it's just beginning?

- Yes!

It was that way with me. And for you

it will be just as wonderful.

Do you really think so?

When you're 16 going on 17

Waiting for life to start

Somebody kind

Who touches your mind

Will suddenly touch your heart

When that happens

After it happens

Nothing is quite the same

Somehow I know

I'll jump up and go

If ever he calls my name

Gone are your old ideas of life

The old ideas grow dim

Lo and behold

You're someone's wife

And you belong to him

You may think this kind of adventure

Never may come to you

Darling, 16 going on 17

Wait a year...

- I'll wait a year

...or two

Just wait a year...

...or two

Liesl.

What is it?

Berlin.

They've offered me a commission.

I've been requested

to accept immediately...

...and report to their naval base

at Bremerhaven tomorrow.

I knew this would happen.

I didn't think it would be so soon.

To refuse them would be fatal

for all of us.

And joining them would be unthinkable.

Get the children all together.

Don't say anything to worry them.

Just get them ready.

We've got to get out of Austria...

...and this house...

...tonight.

This strains my back

and breaks my heart...

...when I think of the children

missing the festival.

By your announcement

we'll be over the border.

Do you appreciate

the sacrifice I'm making?

You have no choice.

I know. That's why I'm making it.

Why doesn't Father turn the motor on?

Because he doesn't want anyone

to hear us.

What will Frau Schmidt and Franz say?

They'll be able to answer honestly

they didn't know anything.

- Will we be coming back here?

- Someday, Liesl. I do hope someday.

Are Father and Uncle Max going to push

the car all the way to Switzerland?

Something wrong

with your car, captain?

Yes, we couldn't get it started.

Karl.

Fix Captain von Trapp's car

so that it will start.

Excellent, Karl.

I've not asked you where you

and your family are going.

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