Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1965-11-12) |
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| Screen: | Ivan Moffat, Ben Barzman, Harold Pinter |
| Productions: | Benton Film Productions, The Rank Organisation |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | Deutsch, Norsk, English |
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Casts
- 2090: Kirk Douglas - Dr. Rolf Pedersen
- 194: Richard Harris - Knut Straud
- 25888: Ulla Jacobsson - Anna Pedersen
- 7640: Michael Redgrave - Uncle
- 101504: David Weston - Arne
- 97935: Anton Diffring - Major Frick
- 39955: Eric Porter - Terboven
Crews
- 40199: Anthony Mann - Director - Directing
- 69519: Benjamin Fisz - Producer - Production
- 18741: Ivan Moffat - Screenplay - Writing
- 92720: Ben Barzman - Screenplay - Writing
- 1615705: Knut Haukelid - Novel - Writing
- 1615706: John Drummond - Novel - Writing
- 12241: Malcolm Arnold - Original Music Composer - Sound
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Reviews
John Chard
Review text:
The Battle for Heavy Water. The Heroes of Telemark is directed by Anthony Mann and written by Ben Barzman and Ivan Moffat. It stars Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, Ulla Jacobsson, Michael Redgrave and David Weston. Music is by Malcolm Arnold and cinematography by Robert Krasker. ....
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**_The more realistic precursor to Where Eagles Dare_** During WW2, a resistant fighter in German-occupied Norway (Richard Harris) and an Oslo physics professor (Kirk Douglas) team-up to stop the Nazi operation of creating & transporting heavy water in order to produce the first a ....
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It doesn't matter at what time of year I watch this wartime thriller, it always makes me reach for a jumper! The Nazis are working on a top secret project in a Norwegian hydro-electric plant. When the plans are smuggled out into the hands of the resistance - via Richard Harris and lo ....
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