Song of Norway
04/11/1970
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.
Movie Information
Toralv Maurstad
as Edvard Grieg
Florence Henderson
as Nina Hagerup
Christina Schollin
as Therese Berg
Frank Porretta
as Richard Nordraak
Harry Secombe
as Bioernstjerne Bjoernson
Robert Morley
as Berg
Edward G. Robinson
as Krogstad
Elizabeth Larner
as Mrs. Bjoernson
Oskar Homolka
as Engstrand
Frederick Jaeger
as Henrik Ibsen
Henry Gilbert
as Franz Liszt
Richard Wordsworth
as Hans Christian Andersen
Bernard Archard
as George Nordraak
John Barrie
as Mr. Hagerup
Wenche Foss
as Mrs. Hagerup
Ronald Adam
as Gade
Aline Towne
as Mrs. Thoresen
Nan Munro
as Angry Woman
James Hayter
as Butler to Berg
Erik Chitty
as Helsted
Manoug Parikian
as Violinist
Richard Vernon
as Councilman
Ernest Clark
as Councilman
Eli Lindtner
as Bjornson's Secretary
Susan Claire
as Dancer (uncredited)
Susan Richards
as Aunt Aline (uncredited)
Robert Rietti
as Winding (uncredited)
Carl Rigg
as Captain Hansen (uncredited)
