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The Real Heroes of Telemark

The Real Heroes of Telemark

2003TV Movie
DocumentaryHistoryWar
8
IMDB Rating
167 votes

A group of both Norwegian and Britiish specially trained military team reenacts the WWII mission of the Grouse-Gunnerside commando which was crucial for the Allied Forces in the heavy water atomic bomb war. Focused on the difficul...

Director
Martin Pailthorpe
Writers
N/A
Stars
Knut Haugland, Ray Mears, Jens A. Poulsson
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
💬 2
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Knut Haugland
Knut Haugland
as Self
Ray Mears
Ray Mears
as Self
Jens A. Poulsson
Jens A. Poulsson
as Self
Joachim Rønneberg
Joachim Rønneberg
as Self

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Stereo
Color
Color
Filming Location
Norway
Production
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

🏷️ Keywords

world war twonorwaymountain warfare

🎯 Categories

DocumentaryHistoryWar

⭐ Featured Review

Second World War Documentary with a Difference
by de_niro_20012008-01-21
10/10

"Having had an interest in the Heroes of Telemark since I saw the film as a young boy and being a bit of an outdoor guy I naturally wanted to see this. It was excellent. Ray Mears visited the actual drop zones and hideouts and employed the same survival techniques that they used. Most people's concept of the sabotaging of the Nazi atomic programme is based on Kirk Douglas's film (which, as I've said in my review on it, is excellent). That film certainly stays fairly close to the historical facts but Kirk Douglas and Richard Harris play amalgams of several different people. It was..."

📖 Synopsis

A group of both Norwegian and Britiish specially trained military team reenacts the WWII mission of the Grouse-Gunnerside commando which was crucial for the Allied Forces in the heavy water atomic bomb war. Focused on the difficul...