The Heroes of Telemark

Name: The Heroes of Telemark
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Released: 1965-11-12
Duration: 131 min
Rating: 6.892
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, Ulla Jacobsson, Michael Redgrave, David Weston

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

Action Drama War

The Heroes of Telemark(1965)

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

Action Drama War

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AI Analysis

AI Film Summary

6.9

/ 10 (171 votes)

2h 11m

1965-11-12

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.

DirectorAnthony Mann

NovelKnut Haukelid

ScreenplayBen Barzman

NovelJohn Drummond

Cast

Kirk Douglas

Dr. Rolf Pedersen

Richard Harris

Knut Straud

Ulla Jacobsson

Anna Pedersen

Michael Redgrave

Uncle

David Weston

Arne

Anton Diffring

Major Frick

Eric Porter

Terboven

Mervyn Johns

Col. Wilkinson

Jennifer Hilary

Sigrid

Roy Dotrice

Jensen

Barry Jones

Professor Logan

Ralph Michael

Nilssen

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Keywords

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