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The Heroes of Telemark
1965Age guide: 12+
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.
★ 6.9/10 · 189 TMDB audience ratings
Starring
Kirk DouglasDr. Rolf Pedersen
Richard HarrisKnut Straud
Ulla JacobssonAnna Pedersen
Michael RedgraveUncle
David WestonArne
Anton DiffringMajor Frick
Eric PorterTerboven
Mervyn JohnsCol. Wilkinson
Audience reviews from TMDB · may contain spoilers
John Chard: The Battle for Heavy Water. The Heroes of Telemark is directed by Anthony Mann and written by Ben Barzman and Ivan Moffat. It… Read full review
Wuchak: The more realistic precursor to Where Eagles Dare During WW2, a resistant fighter in German-occupied Norway (Richard Harris) and an Oslo physics professor… Read full review