<P> Later that night at the festival, during their final number, the von Trapp family slip away and seek shelter at the nearby abbey, where Mother Abbess hides them in the cemetery crypt . Brownshirts soon arrive and search the abbey, and the family is discovered by Rolfe . Upon seeing Liesl, he hesitates raising the alarm long enough to allow the family time to flee, and the family is able to escape using the caretaker's car . When the soldiers attempt to pursue, they discover their cars will not start as two nuns have removed parts of the engines . The next morning, after driving to the Swiss border, the von Trapp family make their way on foot across the frontier into Switzerland to safety and freedom . </P> <Ul> <Li> Julie Andrews as Maria von Trapp </Li> <Li> Christopher Plummer as Captain von Trapp <Ul> <Li> Bill Lee as Captain von Trapp's singing voice </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Eleanor Parker as Baroness Elsa von Schraeder </Li> <Li> Richard Haydn as Max Detweiler </Li> <Li> Peggy Wood as the Mother Abbess </Li> <Li> Charmian Carr as Liesl von Trapp </Li> <Li> Nicholas Hammond as Friedrich von Trapp </Li> <Li> Heather Menzies as Louisa von Trapp </Li> <Li> Duane Chase as Kurt von Trapp </Li> <Li> Angela Cartwright as Brigitta von Trapp </Li> <Li> Debbie Turner as Marta von Trapp </Li> <Li> Kym Karath as Gretl von Trapp </Li> <Li> Anna Lee as Sister Margaretta </Li> <Li> Portia Nelson as Sister Berthe </Li> <Li> Ben Wright as Herr Zeller </Li> <Li> Daniel Truhitte as Rolfe </Li> <Li> Norma Varden as Frau Schmidt </Li> <Li> Gil Stuart as Franz </Li> <Li> Marni Nixon as Sister Sophia </Li> <Li> Ada Beth Lee as Sister Catherine (uncredited) </Li> <Li> Doreen Tryden as Sister Agatha (uncredited) </Li> <Li> Evadne Baker as Sister Bernice </Li> <Li> Doris Lloyd as Baroness Ebberfeld </Li> </Ul> <Li> Julie Andrews as Maria von Trapp </Li> <Li> Christopher Plummer as Captain von Trapp <Ul> <Li> Bill Lee as Captain von Trapp's singing voice </Li> </Ul> </Li>

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