Heroes of Telemark, The (1965)

Heroes of Telemark, The (1965)
by Anthony Mann

Heroes of Telemark, The (1965)
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Actor: David Weston, Kirk Douglas, Michael Redgrave, Richard Harris, Ulla Jacobsson
Director: Anthony Mann
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog; German (Original Language); Norwegian (Original Language)
Format: Color, NTSC
Running Time: 130 minutes
Release Date: 1997-02-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Studio: Sony Pictures

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Movie Review: Stopping the Nazi Atomic Bomb
Summary: 4 Stars

"Heroes of Telemark" is loosely based on the World War II efforts by the Norwegian Resistance to prevent Nazi occupation forces from moving materials crucial to the development of an atomic bomb out of Norway.

The movie opens with the escape from Norway by sea of a group of resistance fighters (led by actor Richard Harris). Among the passengers is a professor from Oslo (played with characteristic me-first bravado by Kirk Douglas). The leading resistance fighter and the professor are persuaded to return to Norway to combat the Nazi procurement of heavy water, a by-product of a power plant in the Telemark region but vital to producing an atomic bomb.

The two men return to Norway, reconnoiter the facility, and plan and execute an attack in mid-winter. Their subsequent escape across the wilds of central Norway, closely pursued by the Nazis and their turncoat allies, is a dramatic highpoint of the movie.

The attack cripples the facility, but unfortunately, the Germans salvage stores of the heavy water and make plans to ship it out of Telemark by the same ferry used by the Norwegian civilian facility workers. The "heroes of Telemark" must plan one final mission, one that puts their fellow Norwegians gravely at risk.

The movie is notable for having been filmed on location in Norway, and for highlighting the exceptional risks run by the Norwegian resistance, and Norwegian civilians, in a country occupied by a large and ruthless Nazi force. It is recommended as an entertaining dramatization of a real life success in the war against the Nazis.

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