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Unarmed and outnumbered, they stunned the world with their incredible victory.

The Heroes of Telemark

6.9 / 10 6.9 1965 2h 11m

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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.

Directed by Anthony Mann

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CAST

The people behind the story

Kirk Douglas

Kirk DouglasDr. Rolf Pedersen

Richard Harris

Richard HarrisKnut Straud

Ulla Jacobsson

Ulla JacobssonAnna Pedersen

Michael Redgrave

Michael RedgraveUncle

David Weston

David WestonArne

Anton Diffring

Anton DiffringMajor Frick

Eric Porter

Eric PorterTerboven

Mervyn Johns

Mervyn JohnsCol. Wilkinson