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

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