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The Heroes of Telemark: Directed by Anthony Mann. With Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, Ulla Jacobsson, Michael Redgrave. Norwegian resistance tries to stop German efforts to produce an atomic bomb component during World War II.
- (8.1K)
- Action, Drama, History
- Anthony Mann
- 1965-12-03
The Heroes of Telemark is a 1965 British war film directed by Anthony Mann based on the true story of the Norwegian heavy water sabotage during the Second World War from Skis Against the Atom, the memoirs of Norwegian resistance soldier Knut Haukelid.
The Heroes of Telemark is a 1965 British war film directed by Anthony Mann based on the true story of the Norwegian heavy water sabotage during the Second World War from Skis...
- 130 min
- 586.7K
- DK Classics
Set in German-occupied Norway, resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist Rolf Pedersen in an effort to destroy the German heavy water production plant in rural Telemark.
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- 17
- Anthony Mann
- 131 min
TRAILER. Watchlist. Page 1 of 2, 6 total items. Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. In this fact-based film, as Axis and Allied scientists race to create the first atomic bomb,...
- (6)
- Kirk Douglas
- Anthony Mann
- Benton Film Productions
Resistance fighter Knut Straud (Richard Harris) enlists the reluctant physicist Dr. Rolf Pedersen (Kirk Douglas) in an effort to destroy the German heavy water production plant near the village of Rjukan in rural Telemark.
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In Nazi-occupied Norway in 1942, underground leader Knut Straud smuggles a microfilm message from an agent in a Nazi factory hidden deep in a Norwegian valley to university Prof. Rolf Pedersen. The Nazis are producing "heavy water," an essential in the manufacture of atomic bombs, at the factory.
