The article made me tear up when she indicated she wasn’t happy with the movie because it didn’t portray her father as loving enough - that he really loved his family.
(I always thought it showed a strict father that adored his family)
To me, the movie didn’t have him show his admoration for his kids until Julie Andrews danced with him.
The father actually died just a couple of years after WWII was over; in 1947 I think. I guess that setting was in the very late 1930’s, so he actually didn’t live a very long time after that. He and Maria had 3 more children, for a grand total of 10 children!