Better than expected, but nearly all the good stuff is in the first half

I expected a pretty dull film here (the opening sequence was), but was pleasantly surprised as it went on, up until about the halfway point, and then it does get rather dull for a long while. I still really dig this movie though because the parts I liked, I really liked and there is some very impressive stuff going on at times. I wish the image quality was better, but that rarely ever happens with Alpha Video releases. Not that bad though. I'm not as picky as most of the Blu-Ray/Hi-Def/4K generation is.

I didn't count how many countries were represented, but there are a lot of them. I was surprised that countries like China, Russia, Australia, I think any of the Arabic countries, or Egypt were not included, although the Lion Dance I've always known to be exclusive to China, but there is one in this movie but it's part of the Japan segment dances. Also, I can't remember any South American countries being included at all. Weird.

My favorite dances/performances among the 10 or 11 I liked were:

Sweden: The Weaving Dance (that is the best name for the dance because they do weave their bodies in and out of patterns and human tunnels and they make spirals out of their bodies, etc. [At 3:20]

Hungary: an amazing, captivating, epic violin/fiddle performance (this is the most memorable/best part of the film in my opinion) [At 6:45]

Bavaria: Shuplater (I have no idea how to spell it, but it's the type of "slap dancing" that Clarke Griswold did in European Vacation) [At 11:20]

Cuba: a song and dance number with a hot, charming gal [At 47:25]

Spain: both performances/dances. I think the names of the dances were something like "Eschulanis" and "Allegrias" [At 50:20 and 53:00]

The runtime on the back of the DVD box says 103 minutes, but it's actually 100 minutes, so I don't know if perhaps other countries were shown in the complete version perhaps.

Oh, and that blonde lady in green on the boxcover is not in the movie at all.