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The Heroes of Telemark

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In this fact-based film, as Axis and Allied scientists race to create the first atomic bomb, British Intelligence receives shocking news of significant breakthroughs at a Nazi facility in occupied Norway. The British work with Norwegian Resistance head Knut Straud (Richard Harris) and distinguished physicist Dr. Rolf Pederson (Kirk Douglas) to plan an urgent response. As a Norwegian team headed by Straud struggles to stop Nazi science in its tracks, a civilian hostage situation erupts.
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Diego Galán El Pais (Spain) 08/29/2019
The Heroes of Telemark gets lost in the labyrinth of opposing temptations without a single element managing to guide the project. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Michael E. Grost Classic Film and Television 08/09/2007
Spy film with spectacular landscapes. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 11/28/2006
C+
The snowcovered Norwegian fjords and mountains overwhelm the characters and the flat story. Go to Full Review Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily 10/06/2005
3/5
A solid, but unremarkable World War II actioner. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/03/2005
3/5
Tony Mastroianni Cleveland Press 11/20/2003
The acting is strong. Douglas and Harris are particularly good. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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deke p 05/31/2022 1966! Classic spy and sabatage in beautiful NORWEGIAN scenery & fjords. True story. KIRK DOUBLAS & RICHARD HARRIS young and healthy. Can't believe i never saw it until now MEMORIAL DAY 2022 Giving it 4 RT stars See more Jordi 03/12/2022 This is a fantastic movie! Great plot, great locations, and superb acting! These 60s and 70s movies were the best. Another excellent movie is "The Guns of Navarone", and "Where Eagles Dare". See more 06/13/2020 The locations look amazing and its a solid story - but the action scenes are a bit dated and Kirk Douglas being the all action hero (who plays a university professor in the film) seems unlikely. How close this was to the true story I don't know though. See more delysid d 05/17/2020 im a fan of the great kirk but i found this one a little tough to watch - like a lot of 60s war movies they just put me to sleep for some reason See more 03/28/2020 I watched this movie various times as kid and to this day. Having seen every classic war movie around, this one is very authentic. Based around a true story and filmed in the exact locations... there's really no reason to not appreciate both the plot, but also where it was filmed. The story is generally pretty accurate, but being 24 years old... this film interested me enough to make me further understand the events of this story and really have an awesome appreciation for history and what these resistance fighters did and how daring their acts of sabotage were. I have presented this topic multiple times throughout the years of my school as it's definitely one of the most incredible stories of sabotage in the Second World War. See more 03/30/2019 I liked seeing a different setting and a different nationality of heroes (Norway in both cases) in WW2 films. But aside from some wonderful winter photography the film never really does anything interesting. It's the same flat cliches just in a different setting. Only the difficult question of whether its okay to murder civilians to stop the Nazis getting the bomb actually does something different, but we're given little discussion of the ethical dilemma and in the end it's a bit of a cop out. See more Read all reviews
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Anthony Mann

Director

Kirk Douglas

Rolf

Richard Harris

Knut

Ulla Jacobsson

Anna

Michael Redgrave

Uncle

Mervyn Johns

Col. Wilkinson

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Synopsis In this fact-based film, as Axis and Allied scientists race to create the first atomic bomb, British Intelligence receives shocking news of significant breakthroughs at a Nazi facility in occupied Norway. The British work with Norwegian Resistance head Knut Straud (Richard Harris) and distinguished physicist Dr. Rolf Pederson (Kirk Douglas) to plan an urgent response. As a Norwegian team headed by Straud struggles to stop Nazi science in its tracks, a civilian hostage situation erupts.
Director
Anthony Mann
Producer
Benjamin Fisz
Screenwriter
Ivan Moffat, Ben Barzman, Knut Haukelid, John Drummond
Production Co
Benton Film Productions
Genre
War, Drama
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2021
Runtime
2h 11m
Sound Mix
Stereo
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