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The Heroes of Telemark

Year:
Duration:
131 min | Germany:108 min | West Germany:123 min
Genres:
Action | Drama | History | War
IMDB rate:
6.4
Director:
Anthony Mann
Details
Country: UK
Release Date: 1966-01-14
Filming Locations: Gausta, Telemark, Norway
Cast
Actor
Character
Kirk Douglas
Rolf
Richard Harris
Knut
Ulla Jacobsson
Anna
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
Ralph Michael
Nilssen
Eric Porter
Terboven
Wolf Frees
Knippelberg
Karel Stepanek
Hartmuller
Gerard Heinz
Erhardt
Victor Beaumont
German Sergeant
George Murcell
Sturmfuhrer
Mervyn Johns
Col. Wilkinson
Barry Jones
Professor Logan
Geoffrey Keen
General Bolt
Robert Ayres
General Courts
Jennifer Hilary
Sigrid
Maurice Denham
Doctor
David Davies
Captain of 'Galtesund'
Philo Hauser
Businessman
Faith Brook
Woman on Bus
Elvi Hale
Mrs. Sandersen
Russell Waters
Mr. Sandersen
Jan Conrad
Watchman in Factory
Annette Andre
Girl Student (uncredited)
Grace Arnold
Passenger on 'Galtesund' (uncredited)
Robert Bruce
Major (uncredited)
Pamela Conway
Girl in Darkroom (uncredited)
Howard Douglas
Passenger on 'Galtesund' (uncredited)
Joe Dunne
German Ferry Guard (uncredited)
Paul Hansard
German Official (uncredited)
Max Howard
Child on Ferry (uncredited)
Jemma Hyde
(uncredited)
Brian Jackson
Norwegian Naval Attache (uncredited)
John Moulder-Brown
(uncredited)
Terence Plummer
Quisling (uncredited)
Joe Powell
Quisling (uncredited)
Fred Wood
Saboteur (uncredited)
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Trivia
In the ski-ing chase where the black-clad Jensen (Roy Dotrice) is pursuing Pedersen (Kirk Douglas), Dotrice's stand-in double was one of the original saboteur heroes of the WWII Telemark operation.
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The boat that carried the heavy water was named "Hydro". "Hydro" means water.
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Seventeen years prior to this film, a Norwegian-French movie Kampen om tungtvannet (1948) was made which covered the same events of the World War II Telemark mission as depicted in this film. This earlier movie actually featured some of the original Norwegian commandos who played themselves.
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Goofs
Early in the movie Dr Pedersen enters a boat in Oslo harbor to go to Trondheim. Nobody would take a boat from Oslo to Trondheim (a long trip lasting several days) as there is a direct train lasting 8-10 hours. In any case there was never a regular boat service from Oslo to Trondheim. Later Pedersen says he is going to Kristiansund, a town south of Trondheim.
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In the last shots of the lifeboats on the lake, the downdraft from the rotor of the camera helicopter is clearly visible on the water.
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When they meet Jensen on the plateau, Knut Straud is meant to be wearing skis. He manages to turn completely around without the usual action of lifting his skis up to the vertical (the shot of him is only from the waist up) that is necessary to turn around while standing still wearing skis.
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Quotes
Nilssen: That is... I must say that is fantastic efficiency!
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Knut: [humourously] You know what to do? Press this little thing here and the bullets come out there.
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Faq
Q
Midwest Premiere Happened When & Where?
A
The Midwest Premiere of the hit Columbia film, The Heroes of Telemark, took place at Chicago at the Roosevelt theatre (State nr Washington) on Wednesday, January 19, 1966. An ad reads: "When the frozen hell of Telemark, Norway was the hottest place in the world . . . the true, incredible story of nine heroic men of resistance. . . Their mission: stop the Nazis from developing the atom bomb! . . . Heroes of Telemark has that Guns of Nvarone excitement!--Earl Wilson, nationally syndicated columnist"
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