Story Line
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.
“Unarmed and outnumbered, they stunned the world with their incredible victory.”
Top Cast
Kirk Douglas
Dr. Rolf Pedersen
Richard Harris
Knut Straud
Ulla Jacobsson
Anna Pedersen
Michael Redgrave
Uncle
David Weston
Arne
Anton Diffring
Major Frick
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Rating
6.9/ 10
Release Date
1965-11-12
Runtime
2h 11m
Genres
ActionDramaWar
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User Reviews (3)
John Chard
7/10
•3/21/2014The 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 cin...
Wuchak
7/10
•2/15/2023**_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 wat...
CinemaSerf
6/10
•9/5/2024It 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 resi...