Song of Norway

Overview

Like the play from which it derived, the film tells of the early struggles of composer Edvard Grieg and his attempts to develop an authentic Norwegian national music. It stars Toralv Maurstad as Grieg and features an international cast including Florence Henderson, Christina Schollin, Robert Morley, Harry Secombe, Oskar Homolka, Edward G. Robinson and Frank Porretta (as Rikard Nordraak). Filmed in Super Panavision 70 by Davis Boulton and presented in single-camera Cinerama in some countries, it was an attempt to capitalise on the success of The Sound of Music.

Cast

Toralv Maurstad

Edvard Grieg

Florence Henderson

Nina Hagerup

Christina Schollin

Therese Berg

N/A

Frank Porretta

Richard Nordraak

Harry Secombe

Bioernstjerne Bjoernson

Robert Morley

Berg

Edward G. Robinson

Krogstad

N/A

Elizabeth Larner

Mrs. Bjoernson

Oskar Homolka

Engstrand

Frederick Jaeger

Henrik Ibsen

N/A

Henry Gilbert

Franz Liszt

Richard Wordsworth

Hans Christian Andersen