The Heroes of Telemark
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 from Skis Against the Atom, the memoirs of Norwegian resistance soldier Knut Haukelid. The film stars Kirk Douglas as Dr. Rolf Pedersen and Richard Harris as Knut Straud, along with Ulla Jacobsson as Anna Pederson. It was filmed on location in Norway.
Plot
The Norwegian resistance sabotage the Vemork Norsk Hydro plant in the town of Rjukan in the county of Telemark, Norway, which the Nazis are using to produce heavy water, which could be used in the manufacture of an atomic bomb.
Cast
- Alan Howard
- Annette Andre
- Anton Diffring
- Barry Jones
- David Davies
- Elvi Hale
- Eric Porter
- Faith Brook
- Geoffrey Keen
- George Murcell
- Gerard Heinz
- John Moulder-Brown
- Karel Štěpánek
- Kirk Douglas
- Maurice Denham
- Mervyn Johns
- Michael Redgrave
- Philo Hauser
- Ralph Michael
- Richard Harris
- Robert Ayres
- Roy Dotrice
- Russell Waters
- Ulla Jacobsson
- Victor Beaumont
- William Marlowe
- Wolf Frees
More details
| author | Ben Barzman Ivan Moffat |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Norway |
| director | Anthony Mann |
| editor | Bert Bates |
| events | World War II |
| genre | western |
| keywords | atomic bomb commando commando raid fjord heavy water hydroelectric plant knut haukelid nazi nazi germany norsk hydro norwegian resistance physics professor quisling rjukan royal engineers safe house steel drum telemark vemork |
| musicBy | Malcolm Arnold |
| producer | Benjamin Fisz |
| productionCompany | Benton Film Productions |
| publisher | The Rank Organisation |
| recordedAt | Pinewood Studios |
| theme | war |