The 1965 Oscar - winning film adaptation of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical The Sound Of Music is celebrating age 20 this year . The actors who starred as the von Trapp children have remained close friends over the five decades since they came to Austria together . ' We 're beyond family . We 're second family , ' said Kym Karath , who portrayed the youngest von Trapp , Gretl .
The 1965 Oscar-winning film adaptation of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical The Sound Of Music is celebrating turning 50 this year . The actors who starred as the von Trapp children have remained close friends over the five decades since they traveled to Austria together . 'We 're beyond friends . We 're second family , ' said Kym Karath , who played the youngest von Trapp , Gretl .