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Rating: 7.5 stars

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The Heroes of Telemark (1965)

Directed by Anthony Mann

Action | Adventure | War

Overview

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.

Length 131 minutes

Actors

Kirk Douglas | Richard Harris | Ulla Jacobsson | Michael Redgrave | David Weston | Anton Diffring | Eric Porter | Mervyn Johns | Jennifer Hilary | Roy Dotrice | Barry Jones | Ralph Michael | Geoffrey Keen | Maurice Denham | Wolf Frees | Robert Ayres | Sebastian Breaks | John Golightly | Alan Howard | Patrick Jordan | William Marlowe | Brook Williams | David Davies | Karel Stepanek | Faith Brook | Elvi Hale | Gerard Heinz | Victor Beaumont | Philo Hauser | George Murcell | Russell Waters | Jan Conrad | Annette Andre

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

I’ve had a fondness for this film ever since I was a kid. It’s one of those WW2 impossible mission stories, although this one is partly true. I love the icy, snowy Norwegian setting (I believe they filmed in the actual locations).

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