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
Edward G. Robinson
Krogstad
Florence Henderson
Nina Hagerup
Richard Vernon
Councilman
Robert Morley
Berg
James Hayter
Butler to Berg
Oskar Homolka
Engstrand
Robert Rietti
Winding (uncredited)
Ronald Adam
Gade
Aline Towne
Mrs. Thoresen
Harry Secombe
Bioernstjerne Bjoernson
Wenche Foss
Mrs. Hagerup
Erik Chitty
Helsted
Ernest Clark
Councilman
Bernard Archard
George Nordraak
Frederick Jaeger
Henrik Ibsen
Christina Schollin
Therese Berg
Carl Rigg
Captain Hansen (uncredited)
Richard Wordsworth
Hans Christian Andersen
John Barrie
Mr. Hagerup
Toralv Maurstad
Edvard Grieg
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)
Susan Richards
Aunt Aline (uncredited)

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