The Heroes of Telemark (1965)

Directed by

Anthony Mann

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

2h 11m

Rated

U

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 183 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In World War Two, Norwegian resistance fighters and a scientist team up to destroy a German plant making heavy water for an atomic bomb. They train in the mountains and ski to the target to carry out the sabotage.

tensegrimadventurousmethodicalcourageousstarksuspensefulhistorical

What happens

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 film stars Kirk Douglas as Dr. Rolf Pedersen and Richard Harris as Knut Straud, along with Ulla Jacobsson as Anna Pedersen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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