Song of Norway
Cast & Crew
Andrew L. Stone
Toralv Maurstad
Florence Henderson
Christina Schollin
Frank Porretta
Harry Secombe
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Synopsis
A concert by composer Edvard Grieg is arranged by the wealthy Therese Berg. Therese's father, however, opposes her infatuation and exacts a promise that she will not see the musician again. His recital a success, Grieg travels to Copenhagen, where he marries his cousin Nina and is influenced by the works of Rikard Nordraak. News of the death of Therese's father reaches Grieg on his wedding day. The couple moves to Kristiania, where the composer hopes to be appointed conductor at the national theater. His disappointment at the loss of this appointment is intensified by the failure of a concert series secretly sponsored by Therese. Winning a stipend for foreign travel, Grieg moves to Rome. There he meets Franz Liszt and collaborates with Henrik Ibsen on Peer Gynt. Learning of Nordraak's death, Grieg returns to Kristiania and Nina. Songs : "Opening Piano Concerto--'The Life of a Wife of a Sailor'" (Orchestra & Chorus), "Freddie & His Fiddle" (Children & Chorus), "Strange Music" (Grieg), "The Song of Norway" (Nordraak), "A Rhyme & a Reason" (Nina), "The Little House" (Nordraak), "Hill of Dreams" (Nina, Nordraak & Grieg), "I Love You" (Nina), "Hymn of Betrothal" (Chorus), "Be a Boy Again" (Nordraak), "Midsummer's Eve, Hand in Hand" (Chorus), "Three There Were" (Nordraak), "The Solitary Wanderer" (Nina), "A Welcome Toast" (Bjørnson), "Wrong To Dream" (Nina), "Solvejg's Song--Norwegian National Anthem" (Chorus), "Grieg's Piano Concerto" (Orchestra), "At Christmas Time," "John Heggerstrom," "When We Wed," "Ribbons and Wrappings."
Director
Andrew L. Stone
Cast
Toralv Maurstad
Florence Henderson
Christina Schollin
Frank Porretta
Harry Secombe
Robert Morley
Edward G. Robinson
Elizabeth Larner
Oscar Homolka
Frederick Jaeger
Henry Gilbert
Richard Wordsworth
Bernard Archard
Susan Richards Chitty
John Barrie
Wenke Foss
Ronald Adam
Carl Rigg
Aline Towne
Nan Munro
James Hayter
Avind Harum
Rolf Berntzen
Tordis Maurstad
Erik Chitty
Charles Lloyd Pack
Robert Rietty
Rosalind Speight
Ros Drinkwater
Tracey Crisp
Cyril Renison
Manoug Parikian
Richard Vernon
Ernest Clark
Eli Lindtner
Ilse Tromm
Jeffrey Taylor
Peter Salmon
Roy Jones
Gordon Coster
Paddy Mcintyre
Barrie Wilkinson
Rupert Lupone
Stephen Reinhardt
Jane Darling
Barbara Von Der Heyde
Hermione Farthingale
Jennie Walton
Michele Hardy
Susan Claire
Denise O'brien
Jane Kells
Crew
Davis Boulton
Yakima Canutt
Peter Crowhurst
Oivin Fjeldstad
George Forrest
Terry Gould
Edvard Grieg
William Albert Havemeyer
Leif Jul
Jack Kinney
London Symphony Orchestra
Brenda Lucas
Fiorella Mariani
John O'connor
John Ogdon
Manoug Parikian
John Purchese
Roland Shaw Conductor
Fred Slark
Andrew L. Stone
Andrew L. Stone
Andrew L. Stone
Virginia Stone
Virginia Stone
Virginia Stone
Virginia Stone
Lee Theodore
David Walker
Ted Wallis
Robert Wright
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Notes
Location scenes filmed in Norway. Onscreen credits thank the following museums for their cooperation: Old Town (Aarhus, Norway), Funen Village (Odense, Denmark), Old Bergen (Bergen, Norway), De Sandvigske Semlinger (Lillehammer, Norway), Transporation Museum (Hammer, Norway) and Folk Museum (Oslo, Norway).
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1970
Released in United States 1970
