Like the play where it derived, the movie tells of the very early struggles of composer Edvard Grieg as well as his efforts to develop an authentic Norwegian nationwide songs. It stars Toralv Maurstad as Grieg and features a worldwide cast consisting of 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 offered in single-camera Cinerama in some nations, it was an attempt to capitalise on the success of The Noise of Music.
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Like the play where it derived, the movie tells of the very early struggles of composer Edvard Grieg as well as his efforts to develop an authentic Norwegian nationwide songs. It stars Toralv Maurstad as Grieg and features a worldwide cast consisting of 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 offered in single-camera Cinerama in some nations, it was an attempt to capitalise on the success of The Noise of Music.
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