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Director:
Andrew L. Stone
Writers:
Homer Curran (play)
Milton Lazarus (musical play)
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Release Date:
4 November 1970 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Biography | Drama | Musical | Romance See more »
Tagline:
A song for the heart to sing...for the world to love!
Plot Keywords:
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NewsDesk:
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Cast

  (in credits order)
Toralv Maurstad ... Edvard Grieg

Florence Henderson ... Nina Hagerup
Christina Schollin ... Therese Berg
Frank Porretta ... Richard Nordraak
Harry Secombe ... Bioernstjerne Bjoernson

Robert Morley ... Berg

Edward G. Robinson ... Krogstad
Elizabeth Larner ... Mrs. Bjoernson
Oskar Homolka ... Engstrand
Frederick Jaeger ... Henrik Ibsen
Henry Gilbert ... Franz Liszt
Richard Wordsworth ... Hans Christian Andersen
Bernard Archard ... George Nordraak
John Barrie ... Mr. Hagerup
Wenche Foss ... Mrs. Hagerup
Ronald Adam ... Gade
Aline Towne ... Mrs. Thoresen
Nan Munro ... Angry Woman
James Hayter ... Butler to Berg
Erik Chitty ... Helsted
Manoug Parikian ... Violinist
Richard Vernon ... Councilman
Ernest Clark ... Councilman
Eli Lindtner ... Bjornson's Secretary
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hermione Farthingale ... Dancer
Morocco ... Anitra's Dance
Rolf Berntzen ... Doctor (uncredited)
Susan Claire ... Dancer (uncredited)
Gordon Coster ... Dancer (uncredited)
Tracey Crisp ... Receptionist (uncredited)
Jane Darling ... Dancer (uncredited)
Ros Drinkwater ... Friend of Liszt (uncredited)
Michele Hardy ... Dancer (uncredited)
Avind Harum ... Freddie (uncredited)
Roy Jones ... Dancer (uncredited)
Jane Kells ... Dancer (uncredited)
Charles Lloyd Pack ... Chevalier (uncredited)
Robert LuPone ... Dancer (uncredited)
Matt Mattox ... Featured Dancer (uncredited)
Tordis Maurstad ... Mrs. Schmidt (uncredited)
Paddy McIntyre ... Dancer (uncredited)
Denise O'Brien ... Dancer (uncredited)
Stephen Reinhardt ... Dancer (uncredited)
Cyril Renison ... Butler in Rome (uncredited)
Susan Richards ... Aunt Aline (uncredited)
Robert Rietty ... Winding (uncredited)
Carl Rigg ... Captain Hansen (uncredited)
Peter Salmon ... Dancer (uncredited)
Rosalind Speight ... Friend of Liszt (uncredited)
Jeffrey Taylor ... Dancer (uncredited)
Ilse-Nore Tromm ... Girl's Mother (uncredited)
Barbara von der Heyde ... Dancer (uncredited)
Jennie Walton ... Dancer (uncredited)
Barrie Wilkinson ... Dancer (uncredited)
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Directed by
Andrew L. Stone 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Homer Curran  play
Milton Lazarus  musical play
Andrew L. Stone  screenplay
Andrew L. Stone  story

Produced by
Andrew L. Stone .... producer
Virginia L. Stone .... producer
 
Cinematography by
Davis Boulton 
 
Film Editing by
Virginia L. Stone  (as Virginia 'Lively' Stone)
 
Art Direction by
William Albert Havemeyer 
 
Costume Design by
Fiorella Mariani 
David Walker 
 
Makeup Department
Mary Bredin .... hair stylist
Jan Dorman .... hair stylist
Kay Freeborn .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Peter Crowhurst .... production manager
Fred Slark .... production manager: second unit
Ted Wallis .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Yakima Canutt .... second unit director
Paul Cowan .... second assistant director
Bill Graf .... second assistant director
Leif Jul .... first assistant director: second unit
John O'Connor .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Van Allen James .... sound editor
John Purchese .... sound recordist
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Lou Bogue .... gaffer
Mike Matthews .... lighting camera operator: second unit
Stan Mestel .... camera operator
Kelvin Pike .... camera operator
 
Animation Department
Jack Kinney .... animator
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dan Lloyd .... wardrobe
 
Editorial Department
Peter Halsey .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Ray Holder .... music arranger: dances
Ray Holder .... vocal arranger
Brenda Lucas .... musician: piano solo
John Ogden .... musician: piano solo
Roland Shaw .... music supervisor
Roland Shaw .... musical director
Roland Shaw .... orchestrator (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Avind Harum .... assistant choreographer
Larry Oaks .... assistant choreographer
Lee Theodore .... choreographer
 

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Runtime:
138 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (35 mm prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System) (70 mm prints)
Certification:
Finland:S | Norway:7 | USA:G | UK:U | Iceland:L
Filming Locations:
Norway
Company:
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Did You Know?

Trivia:
During its Broadway tenure of 860 performances (a substantial number for the time span of two years and slightly over two weeks), the musical changed houses, playing the Imperial Theatre between August 21, 1944 and April 13, 1946, then continuing at the Broadway Theatre between April 15 and September 7, 1946.See more »
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "That Girl: My Sister's Keeper (#3.19)" (1969)See more »
Soundtrack:
On the MountainsSee more »

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8 out of 9 people found the following review useful.
Sound of Norway?, 7 January 2004
Author: Jonesh-1

Re:"Song of Norway", hardly the worst movie ever made. My choice would be the inert "Mike's Murder" starring the usually wonderful Debra Winger. I am very tolerant where musicals are concerned. I think "Torch Song" {wherein Joan Crawford's character emotionally abuses her drunken mother, her blind boyfriend, his dog, and African-Americans in general with her blackface number} is a good movie notwithstanding. But "Song of Norway"? The scenery, the music, even Florence Henderson, are all beautiful. Opera singer Frank Porretta is very appealing in the best-friend role; he deserved a film career! I heard (??) he was later seriously burned in a fire. I made my sons (aged 6 and 5) watch "Song of Norway"! They are very bright and said: "Is this movie supposed to be 'The Sound of Music'?". Bingo! They 'got it'. Not since William Castle's "Homicidal" has one film tried so hard to 'be' another. Everything here has been shot and scripted to look like the 'R & H' classic. This is not "imitatio" it's "plagarisimo". But what really sinks the film is the plot. Unlike the Von-Trapps Edvard Grieg seems to have had an awfully boring life (probably an injustice)!

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