The Heroes of Telemark (1965)

11/12/1965 (GB) • 2h 11m

Action, Drama, War

Unarmed and outnumbered, they stunned the world with their incredible victory.

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.

Top Billed Cast

Kirk Douglas

Dr. Rolf Pedersen

Richard Harris

Knut Straud

Ulla Jacobsson

Anna Pedersen

Anton Diffring

Major Frick

Eric Porter

Terboven

Mervyn Johns

Col. Wilkinson


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

world war ii

saboteur

norway

physicist

sabotage

resistance fighter

1940s

dramatic

commanding

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