Song of Norway poster

Movie · 1970

Song of Norway

Released 4 November 1970 More from 1970 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

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.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Edward G. Robinson
as Krogstad
76
James Hayter
as Butler to Berg
63
Erik Chitty
as Helsted
63
Wenche Foss
as Mrs. Hagerup
52
Bernard Archard
as George Nordraak
48
Toralv Maurstad
as Edvard Grieg
43
Florence Henderson
as Nina Hagerup
36
Richard Wordsworth
as Hans Christian Andersen
Unknown
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
40years between the oldest and youngest billed
76Edward G. Robinson — oldest on the call sheet
36Florence Henderson — youngest billed
54average age of the credited cast
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