The Heroes of Telemark

Nov 12, 1965

2h 11m

★ 6.9

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.

Genres

Action

Drama

War

Production Companies

Benton Film Productions

The Rank Organisation

The Heroes of Telemark Trailers

Cast

Dr. Rolf Pedersen

Kirk Douglas

Knut Straud

Richard Harris

Anna Pedersen

Ulla Jacobsson

Uncle

Michael Redgrave

Arne

David Weston

Major Frick

Anton Diffring

Terboven

Eric Porter

Col. Wilkinson

Mervyn Johns

Sigrid

Jennifer Hilary

Jensen

Roy Dotrice

Professor Logan

Barry Jones

Nilssen

Ralph Michael

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