Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes67%
188 audience votes
Key crew
- Anthony MannDirector
- Ivan MoffatScreenplay
- Ben BarzmanScreenplay
- Malcolm ArnoldOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Kirk DouglasDr. Rolf Pedersen
- Richard HarrisKnut Straud
- Ulla JacobssonAnna Pedersen
- Michael RedgraveUncle
- David WestonArne
- Anton DiffringMajor Frick
- Eric PorterTerboven
- Mervyn JohnsCol. Wilkinson
- Jennifer HilarySigrid
- Roy DotriceJensen
- Barry JonesProfessor Logan
- Ralph MichaelNilssen
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Themes
atomic bombworld war iibased on true storysaboteurnorwayphysicistsabotageresistance fighter1940sdivorced coupleatomic energyelectric power station
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