Song of Norway (1970)

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 singlecamera Cinerama in some countries it was an attempt to capitalise on the success of The Sound of Music