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A song for the heart to sing...for the world to love! - Song of Norway
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Title: Song of Norway

Release Date: 4 Nov 1970

Runtime: 2h 22m

Genre: Music, Drama

Director: ABC Pictures, Anchor Bay Home Entertainment, Pearson Television International, Cinerama Productions

Production Companies: ABC Pictures, Anchor Bay Home Entertainment, Pearson Television International, Cinerama Productions

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 4.6 (7 votes)

Cast

  • Edvard Grieg: Toralv Maurstad
  • Nina Hagerup: Florence Henderson
  • Therese Berg: Christina Schollin
  • Richard Nordraak: Frank Porretta
  • Bioernstjerne Bjoernson: Harry Secombe
  • Berg: Robert Morley
  • Krogstad: Edward G. Robinson
  • Mrs. Bjoernson: Elizabeth Larner
  • Engstrand: Oskar Homolka
  • Henrik Ibsen: Frederick Jaeger
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