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  • Kaiser's most significant plays, although written several years earlier, had been premiered in quick succession, among them Die Bürger von Calais (1914), Von

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas ULRICH WEISSTEIN 1968

  • The most abstract interpretation is of Edelweiss, sung by Captain Von Trapp (Christopher Plummer) in the film to honor his homeland, Austria, which is being taken over by Nazis; here, two men, one in white, one with a Nazi armband, engage in a Chaplin-esque tussle over the former's hat on a park bench.

    Kris Wilton: The Sound of Music Like You've Never Seen It Kris Wilton 2010

  • The most abstract interpretation is of Edelweiss, sung by Captain Von Trapp (Christopher Plummer) in the film to honor his homeland, Austria, which is being taken over by Nazis; here, two men, one in white, one with a Nazi armband, engage in a Chaplin-esque tussle over the former's hat on a park bench.

    Kris Wilton: The Sound of Music Like You've Never Seen It Kris Wilton 2010

  • Plummer is probably best known to audiences as the widower Captain Von Trapp in the hit 1965 musical movie The Sound of Music opposite Julie Andrews.

    Five People Born on December 13 | myFiveBest 2009

  • At the end, a female Maria catches a male Captain Von Trapp in her arms in a reversal of a classic movie trope.

    Kris Wilton: The Sound of Music Like You've Never Seen It Kris Wilton 2010

  • At the end, a female Maria catches a male Captain Von Trapp in her arms in a reversal of a classic movie trope.

    Kris Wilton: The Sound of Music Like You've Never Seen It Kris Wilton 2010

  • The most abstract interpretation is of Edelweiss, sung by Captain Von Trapp (Christopher Plummer) in the film to honor his homeland, Austria, which is being taken over by Nazis; here, two men, one in white, one with a Nazi armband, engage in a Chaplin-esque tussle over the former's hat on a park bench.

    Kris Wilton: The Sound of Music Like You've Never Seen It Kris Wilton 2010

  • At the end, a female Maria catches a male Captain Von Trapp in her arms in a reversal of a classic movie trope.

    Kris Wilton: The Sound of Music Like You've Never Seen It Kris Wilton 2010

  • At the end, a female Maria catches a male Captain Von Trapp in her arms in a reversal of a classic movie trope.

    Kris Wilton: The Sound of Music Like You've Never Seen It Kris Wilton 2010

  • The most abstract interpretation is of Edelweiss, sung by Captain Von Trapp (Christopher Plummer) in the film to honor his homeland, Austria, which is being taken over by Nazis; here, two men, one in white, one with a Nazi armband, engage in a Chaplin-esque tussle over the former's hat on a park bench.

    Kris Wilton: The Sound of Music Like You've Never Seen It Kris Wilton 2010

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