The Heroes of Telemark (1966)

  • NR
  • 01/31/1966 (US)
  • Action, Drama, War
  • 2h 11m

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.

Anthony Mann

Director

Knut Haukelid

Novel

Ben Barzman

Screenplay

John Drummond

Novel

Ivan Moffat

Screenplay

Cast

Kirk Douglas's headshot

Kirk Douglas

Dr. Rolf Pedersen
Richard Harris's headshot

Richard Harris

Knut Straud
Ulla Jacobsson's headshot

Ulla Jacobsson

Anna Pedersen
Michael Redgrave's headshot

Michael Redgrave

Uncle
David Weston's headshot

David Weston

Arne
Anton Diffring's headshot

Anton Diffring

Major Frick
Eric Porter's headshot

Eric Porter

Terboven
Mervyn Johns's headshot

Mervyn Johns

Col. Wilkinson

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