Unarmed and outnumbered, they stunned the world with their incredible victory.
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.
- 6.9
- 1965
- Released
- 2h 11m
Kirk Douglas
Dr. Rolf Pedersen
Richard Harris
Knut Straud
Ulla Jacobsson
Anna Pedersen
Michael Redgrave
Uncle
David Weston
Arne
Anton Diffring
Major Frick
Eric Porter
Terboven
Mervyn Johns
Col. Wilkinson
Jennifer Hilary
Sigrid
Roy Dotrice
Jensen
Barry Jones
Professor Logan
Ralph Michael
Nilssen
Geoffrey Keen
General Bolt
Maurice Denham
Doctor
Wolf Frees
Knippelberg
Robert Ayres
General CourtsSebastian Breaks
GunnarJohn Golightly
Freddy
Alan Howard
Oli
Patrick Jordan
Henrik
William Marlowe
ClausBrook Williams
EinarDavid Davies
Captain of "Galtesund"
Karl Stepanek
Hartmuller
Faith Brook
Woman on Bus
Elvi Hale
Mrs. Sandersen
Gerard Heinz
ErhardtVictor Beaumont
German SergeantPhilo Hauser
BusinessmanGeorge Murcell
Sturmfuhrer
Russell Waters
Mr. SandersenJan Conrad
Watchman in Factory
Annette Andre
Girl Student (uncredited)
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- #lovers reunion
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Reviews
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 lothario physics professor Kirk Douglas, the allies realise that they are well on the way to developing a nuclear bomb
**_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 atomic bomb and thus win the war. “The Heroes of Telemark” (1965) debuted three years before “Where Eagles Dare” a
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. 1942, Nazi occupied Norway, and the Germans are making great strides with their plans for atomic weaponry. It’s dow