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.
Toralv Maurstad
Florence Henderson
Christina Schollin
Frank Porretta
Harry Secombe
Robert Morley
Edward G. Robinson
Elizabeth Larner
Oskar Homolka
Frederick Jaeger
Henry Gilbert
Richard Wordsworth
Bernard Archard
John Barrie
Wenche Foss
Ronald Adam
Aline Towne
Nan Munro
James Hayter
Erik Chitty
Manoug Parikian
Richard Vernon
Ernest Clark
Eli Lindtner
Susan Claire
Susan Richards
Robert Rietti
Carl Rigg