it take decade to bring song of norway from broadway to the screen and what we get be a glorious mish mash . now and first and foremost and the star of the film be the scenery . norway be an exceptionally beautiful country and never have it look well on film . it must have look even well on the huge and cinerama screen for which it be design . the editing and before the era of mtv and be a forerunner of a music video to grieg heady music . the edit flub here and there but the opening credit sequence and the song song of norway be astound . next and many of the musical number be the most corny ever direct which drag the film down tremendously . while the lyric have a hard time keep up with the incredible beauty of grieg music and they can be quite beautiful . now and song of norway shine in it dramatic moment much good than it musical moment ( a bad thing for a musical ) . and and the second half improve over the first . the dramatic acting be very good . toralv maurstad be norway premier actor at the time and he be good in the dramatic scene and but sadly and he could not carry a note in a bucket . but on the large screen and barely detectable on video and his eye be rim with tear a rikard nordraak sings the glory of their homeland . it be a move moment . florence henderson be very good dramatically and musically and prove that there be more to her talent than just be the mother of the brady bunch . frank porretta and an opera star and be classically trained . he display the unbridled enthusiasm of rikard and be inspire with his singing of song of norway . christina schollin be also very good a theresa berg and grieg patron and former lover . what be very disappointing be that this film have the opportunity to reach the height of the sound of music with exceptional music and scenery but it require more ingenuity when it come to write and direction . the talent of an ernest lehman and a robert wise would have be a great addition . spoiler alert . although the film end with grieg return to nina in a happy end and the real life end be far from happy . grieg be so heart broken from let down those close to him that upon his return and he never write another note of music .