Song of Norway

Song of Norway

A song for the heart to sing...for the world to love!

G 1970 · 142 min · ★ 5.3 · Music, Drama

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.

Directed by Andrew L. Stone · Written by Homer Curran

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Toralv Maurstad Edvard Grieg
Florence Henderson Nina Hagerup
Christina Schollin Therese Berg
Frank Porretta Richard Nordraak
Harry Secombe Bioernstjerne Bjoernson
Robert Morley Berg
Edward G. Robinson Krogstad
Elizabeth Larner Mrs. Bjoernson
Oskar Homolka Engstrand
Frederick Jaeger Henrik Ibsen
Henry Gilbert Franz Liszt
Richard Wordsworth Hans Christian Andersen

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