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The Heroes of Telemark

Unarmed and outnumbered, they stunned the world with their incredible victory.
Nov 12, 1965 · 2h 11m
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Action
Drama
War

PLOT

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.

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CAST

Kirk Douglas
Dr. Rolf Pedersen
Richard Harris
Knut Straud
Ulla Jacobsson
Anna Pedersen
Michael Redgrave
Uncle
David Weston
Arne
Anton Diffring
Major Frick
Eric Porter
Terboven
Mervyn Johns
Col. Wilkinson
Directed by Anthony Mann

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Benton Film Productions, The Rank Organisation
Country
US, GB

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