The yr is 1942, and Norway is already in its third yr of occupation by the troops of Nazi Germany. Within the city of Rjukan within the Telemark area, there’s a manufacturing facility during which, beneath the supervision of the Nazis, chief engineer Nilssen experiments with the manufacturing of heavy water. Now from Berlin itself comes an order to dramatically improve its manufacturing, together with a modified components. And since it’s speculated to be a query of the very survival of the Third Reich, the resistance fighter Knut Straud goes with the components to Oslo to see the physics professor Rolf Pedersen to evaluate the entire scenario. And this one is basically severe: if the Nazis get the required quantity of heavy water, they’ll get the atomic bomb earlier than the Western Allies and win the conflict. So it’s as much as the Norwegian resistance to forestall this in any respect prices.
The conflict movie The Heroes of Telemark, primarily based on actual occasions, was made in a British manufacturing by the acclaimed American director Anthony Mann, who forged the star Kirk Douglas within the lead roles together with Richard Harris and Ulla Jacobsson. The movie was made within the harsh circumstances of winter Norway, and the Norwegian Olympic group additionally took half within the filming of the motion scenes.
