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The Heroes of Telemark
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| The Heroes of Telemark | |
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 original movie poster |
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| Directed by | Anthony Mann |
| Produced by | Benjamin Fisz |
| Written by | Ben Barzman Ivan Moffat |
| Starring | Kirk Douglas Richard Harris Ulla Jacobsson |
| Music by | Malcolm Arnold |
| Cinematography | Robert Krasker |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1965 |
| Running time | 131 min |
| IMDb profile | |
The Heroes of Telemark is a 1965 war film based on the story of the Norwegian heavy water sabotage during World War II.
Norwegian resistance fighters sabotage the plant in Telemark, Norway, which the Nazis used to produce heavy water to make a nuclear bomb. Snowy Norwegian locations serve as a backdrop for the plot. Kirk Douglas plays the role of a Norwegian physics professor who, though originally content to wait out the war, is soon pulled into the struggle.
The movie bears only a cursory resemblance to the actual events. For instance, the sabotage on the plant itself was achieved without a shot being fired, unlike the gun battle portrayed in the film. The love story involving Douglas' character was also entirely invented. Understandably the film was a big hit in Norway, but was unsuccessful outside Europe.
As a response to the inaccuracies of the film, Ray Mears made a documentary titled The Real Heroes of Telemark, sticking to the facts, partly dramatised, but focusing more on the survival skills involved in the operation.
The same story was also covered in the 1948 French-Norwegian film Kampen om tungtvannet. Quite faithful to the real events it even had many of the original Norwegian commandoes starring as themselves.
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