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The Heroes of Telemark

Name: The Heroes of Telemark
Director: Anthony Mann
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Released: 1965
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, Ulla Jacobsson, Michael Redgrave, David Weston

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.

1965 · Directed by Anthony Mann · 131 min · Action · Drama · War · 23 frames

Tagline

Unarmed and outnumbered, they stunned the world with their incredible victory.

Crew

Screenplay: Ivan Moffat, Ben Barzman
Cinematography: Robert Krasker
Edited by: Bert Bates
Music: Malcolm Arnold
Produced by: Benjamin Fisz

Cast

Kirk Douglas as Dr. Rolf Pedersen
Richard Harris as Knut Straud
Ulla Jacobsson as Anna Pedersen
Michael Redgrave as Uncle
David Weston as Arne
Anton Diffring as Major Frick
Eric Porter as Terboven
Mervyn Johns as Col. Wilkinson
Jennifer Hilary as Sigrid
Roy Dotrice as Jensen

Production

Country: United Kingdom
Language: German, Norwegian, English
Studios: Benton Film Productions, The Rank Organisation
Themes: atomic bomb, world war ii, based on true story, saboteur, norway, physicist, sabotage, resistance fighter, 1940s, divorced couple

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