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

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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