The Heroes of Telemark is a 1965 British war film directed by Anthony Mann. The film stars Kirk Douglas as Dr. Rolf Pedersen and Richard Harris as Knut Straud, along with Ulla Jacobsson as Anna Pedersen. The Norwegian resistance sabotage the Vemork Norsk Hydro plant in the town of Rjukan in Telemark, Norway.
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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. The film stars Kirk Douglas as Dr. Rolf Pedersen and Richard Harris as Knut Straud, along with Ulla Jacobsson as Anna Pedersen. The Norwegian resistance sabotage the Vemork Norsk Hydro plant in the town of Rjukan in Telemark, Norway, which the Nazis are using to produce heavy water.
The raid is successful, but the Germans quickly repair the equipment. The Germans then plan to ship steel drums of heavy water to Germany. The same story was also covered in the 1948 Franco-Norwegian film Kampen om tungtvannet. Quite faithful to the real events, it even had many of the original Norwegian commandos starring as themselves.
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