The Heroes of Telemark
Unarmed and outnumbered, they stunned the world with their incredible victory.
6.9(185) 1965-11-12 131 minActionDramaWar
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.
ProducerBenjamin Fisz
DirectorAnthony Mann
ScreenplayIvan Moffat
ScreenplayBen Barzman
Original Music ComposerMalcolm Arnold
Cast & characters
Kirk Douglas
as Dr. Rolf Pedersen
Richard Harris
as Knut Straud
Ulla Jacobsson
as Anna Pedersen
Michael Redgrave
as Uncle
David Weston
as Arne
Anton Diffring
as Major Frick
Eric Porter
as Terboven
Mervyn Johns
as Col. Wilkinson
Jennifer Hilary
as Sigrid
Roy Dotrice
as Jensen
Barry Jones
as Professor Logan
Ralph Michael
as Nilssen
Geoffrey Keen
as General Bolt
Maurice Denham
as Doctor
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Wolf Frees
as Knippelberg
Robert Ayres
as General Courts
Sebastian Breaks
as Gunnar
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John Golightly
as Freddy
Alan Howard
as Oli
Patrick Jordan
as Henrik
William Marlowe
as Claus
Brook Williams
as Einar
David Davies
as Captain of "Galtesund"
Karl Stepanek
as Hartmuller
