The Battle of the Heavy Water (1948)
- Original title
- Kampen om tungtvannet
- Directed by
- Titus Vibe-Müller, Jean Dréville
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- France, Norway
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rated
- 9
- Rating
- 5.4 of 10 from 15 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Norwegian-French film from 1948 re-enacts the World War II commando raid that destroyed a heavy water plant in Telemark. Many of the real participants play themselves in this docudrama shot on location in Norway.
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What happens
Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water (original title: Kampen om tungtvannet, French title: La Bataille de l'eau lourde) is a Norwegian-French film from 1948. The story is based on the best known commando raid in Norway during World War II, where the resistance group Norwegian Independent Company 1 destroyed the heavy water plant at Vemork in Telemark in February 1943. The film is basically a reconstruction of real events, a docudrama, with many of the participants playing themselves in the film. It was filmed on location in Norway. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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