Word: maurstad
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...portrayed by Norwegian Actor Toralv Maurstad, Grieg comes across as a cross between Horatio Alger and Jackie Coogan. He confides to his close friend, Rikard Nordraak (Frank Poretta), "I was beginning to lose any hope, Nordraak, of ever being important." The plot follows Grieg's agonized crawl to fame, illustrated principally by a lot of fancy name-dropping. "I've written 15 songs for the poems of Hans Christian Andersen," he shyly admits. Cries Nordraak, eagerly: "Has Hans heard these?" Later, Grieg's wife Nina (Florence Henderson) sighs: "How do you suppose the others managed?" Replies...
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