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The Heroes of Telemark

2h 10m|Drama, War|1997
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

Cast:

Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, Ulla Jacobsson, Michael Redgrave, Mervyn Johns, Eric Porter
The Heroes of Telemark
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