The Heroes of Telemark
Approved“Unarmed and outnumbered, they stunned the world with their incredible victory.”
1965·131 min·Released
Studio: Benton Film Productions, The Rank Organisation
6.9TMDb
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Theatrical Nov 12, 1965
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UK · English · Foreign
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.
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Crew
DirectorAnthony Mann
WriterIvan Moffat, Ben Barzman
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
Jennifer Hilary
Sigrid
Roy Dotrice
Jensen
Barry Jones
Professor Logan
Ralph Michael
Nilssen
Geoffrey Keen
General Bolt
Maurice Denham
Doctor
Wolf Frees
Knippelberg
Robert Ayres
General Courts
Sebastian Breaks
Gunnar
John Golightly
Freddy
Alan Howard
Oli
Patrick Jordan
Henrik
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Keywords
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