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The Heroes of Telemark: Directed by Anthony Mann. With Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, Ulla Jacobsson, Michael Redgrave. Norwegian resistance tries to stop German efforts to produce an atomic bomb component during World War II.
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 Real Heroes of Telemark: The True Story of the Secret Mission to Stop Hitler's Atomic Bomb, a 2003 book by Ray Mears (ISBN 0-340-83016-6), emphasises the Norwegian commandos' unique survival skills. The book is a companion volume to The Real Heroes of Telemark, a BBC television documentary series.
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 Wo...
Nov 20, 2003. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. In this fact-based film, as Axis and Allied scientists race to create the first atomic bomb, British Intelligence receives shocking news of significant...
Resistance fighter Knut Straud (Richard Harris) enlists the reluctant physicist Dr. Rolf Pedersen (Kirk Douglas) in an effort to destroy the German heavy water production plant near the village of Rjukan in rural Telemark.
Synopsis. In Nazi-occupied Norway in 1942, underground leader Knut Straud smuggles a microfilm message from an agent in a Nazi factory hidden deep in a Norwegian valley to university Prof. Rolf Pedersen. The Nazis are producing "heavy water," an essential in the manufacture of atomic bombs, at the factory. Straud and Pedersen hijack a boat and ...
