Kennwort 'Schweres Wasser'

Originaltitel: The Heroes of Telemark

1965
Approved
1 Std. 48 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,5/10

8389

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

2.966

12.538

Norwegian resistance tries to stop German efforts to produce an atomic bomb component during World War II.

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In den bergigen Gefilden des nördlichen Staates wollen die Deutschen in einem Wasserkraftwerk spezielles Wasser herstellen, welches sie zur Produktion einer Atombombe benötigen.In den bergigen Gefilden des nördlichen Staates wollen die Deutschen in einem Wasserkraftwerk spezielles Wasser herstellen, welches sie zur Produktion einer Atombombe benötigen.In den bergigen Gefilden des nördlichen Staates wollen die Deutschen in einem Wasserkraftwerk spezielles Wasser herstellen, welches sie zur Produktion einer Atombombe benötigen.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,5/10

8389

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

2.966

12.538

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Wissenswertes
In early 1940, the Allies approved a naval campaign designed to seize the northern part of Norway, a neutral country, including the key port of Narvik, and possibly also to seize the iron mines at Gällivare in northern Sweden, from which Germany obtained much of its iron ore. The British planned to invade Norway in March 1940 to use the ports as bases for the Royal Navy in order to encircle Germany, but the operation (codenamed Plan R 4) was postponed. The British and French had previously planned to invade Sweden, in order to assist Finland during the Winter War against the Soviet Union. Adolf Hitler found out about Plan R 4, and militarily intervened as the British began Operation Wilfred by laying mines in neutral Norwegian waters.

Patzer
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.

Zitate
Terboven: Winston Churchill is puffing an extra big cigar today. And we laugh at him. Why? Because all these containers, which the British did so much to destroy, have already been pre-fabricated in Berlin. They are already on their way here and will be installed by tomorrow.
Nilssen: That is... I must say that is fantastic efficiency!
Terboven: Don't you ever make the mistake of under-rating the Germans. By Easter we will have not merely 10,000 pounds of heavy water, but 12,000 pounds of heavy water.

Crazy Credits
Opening credits prologue: GERMAN-OCCUPIED NORWAY 1942

Verbindungen
Edited into Krigens beste historie - Kampen om tungtvannet (2015)

Soundtracks
Wir fahren gegen Engeland
(uncredited)
Music by Herms Niel

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6/10

Norwegian resistance against Nazi Germany in World War II...

THE HEROES OF TELEMARK is an espionage yarn involving a daring plan to prevent the Nazis from advancing plans to create atomic bomb components during the height of WWII, resulting in the sinking of a German ship.

Directed by Anthony Mann (his last film) with a mostly British cast, and starring KIRK DOUGLAS and RICHARD HARRIS, it's based on a little known true-life episode. Their mission: to return to Telemark from England and see whether ground invasion is possible--rather than bombing, because the village nearby is heavily populated. As someone else observed, Kirk and Richard spend more time fighting each other than the Nazis. Whatever animosity lies beneath the surface of these two stars, it shows on the screen.

Douglas reluctantly joins a group of nine men who go on the ground mission after a bombing raid wipes out some of the resistance fighters. Director Mann gets every bit of suspense out of the perilous mission...and the aftermath when the men are hunted by the Gestapo and wanted dead or alive.

Some of the derring-do has been fictionalized, I'm sure. Douglas manages a narrow escape on skis even though he's been wounded with a gunshot to his ankle. Several other aspects of the story have the ring of dramatic license.

It's tense and taut with remarkably good performances from KIRK DOUGLAS and RICHARD HARRIS especially. Well worth seeing and enjoying as a World War II adventure yarn based on a true incident.