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November 1965 (UK) moreTagline:
COME FROZEN HELL OR HIGH ADVENTURE...Their Mission: Stop the Nazis from developing the atom bomb!Plot:
Norwegian resistance tries to stop German troops to produce an atomic bomb component during WW2. Based on a true story. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Subdued but fairly interesting war thriller. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Kirk Douglas | ... | Dr. Rolf Pedersen | |
| Richard Harris | ... | Knut Straud | |
| Ulla Jacobsson | ... | Anna Pedersen | |
| Michael Redgrave | ... | Uncle | |
| David Weston | ... | Arne | |
| Sebastian Breaks | ... | Gunnar | |
| John Golightly | ... | Freddy | |
| Alan Howard | ... | Oli | |
| Patrick Jordan | ... | Henrik | |
| William Marlowe | ... | Claus | |
| Brook Williams | ... | Einar | |
| Roy Dotrice | ... | Jensen | |
| Anton Diffring | ... | Maj. Frick | |
| Ralph Michael | ... | Nilssen | |
| Eric Porter | ... | Terboven |
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131 min | Germany:108 min | West Germany:123 minCountry:
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2.20 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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The last film role of Barry Jones. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: In the darkroom scene Dr. Rolf Pedersen is about to print a black/white image yet we can see a lot of white light everywhere, therefore the paper will have fogged up long before he starts. A darkroom should only have red light in it. moreQuotes:
Nilssen: That is... I must say that is fantastic efficiency!Sturmfuhrer: Don't you ever make the mistake by underrating the Germans. By any means.
Sturmfuhrer: By Easter we will not have merely 10000 pounds of heavy water, but 12000 pounds of heavy water.
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The Heroes of Telemark is based on a real-life story. It follows a unit of the Norweigan resistance in their efforts to destroy a German occupied factory, where the Germans are drawing near to creating the first atomic bomb. Kirk Douglas plays an academic from the University of Oslo who is brought in to help them because he is an expert on atomic science. Richard Harris plays the leader of the resistance fighters, a strong willed and courageous man who is always thinking of the best way to be a thorn in the side of the Nazis. There are other decent characterisations too, such as Ulla Jacobsen as Douglas's ex-wife (they parted because he seduced one of his students) and Eric Porter as a power hungry Nazi.
The film is quite good, but it might have been better still. For much of the running time, it seems curiously subdued, with lots of scenes which don't quite screw home the tension as far as they could. The sequence in which the resistance fighters infiltrate the factory and attempt to destroy the German's heavy water supply should have been unbearably tense, but it kind of comes and goes without generating the necessary atmosphere. The closing sequence aboard a boat full of children is very well done, though, and there's another taut bit where Douglas and Jacobsen are almost caught snooping around the factory but manage to convince a passing guard that they are merely young lovebirds trying to find a quiet spot for a bit of private love-making.
The Heroes of Telemark tells a worthy story and is reasonably entertaining, but it could have been a touch better if the maker's had concentrated slightly harder on the suspense.