Introduction

The Real Heroes of Telemark is a 2003 BBC documentary about the Norwegian heavy water sabotage mission during World War II.

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Outline

A group of both Norwegian and Britiish specially trained military team re-enacts 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 difficulties these men had to endure in a frozen winter environment.

Other Versions

• The same story was covered in the 1948 Franco-Norwegian film Kampen om tungtvannet (also known as La bataille de l’eau lourde or Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water).
  • Quite faithful to real events, it even had many of the original Norwegian commandos starring as themselves.
• The 1965 British film The Heroes of Telemark, starring Kirk Douglas and Richard Harris, was another version of the story.
• Kampen om Tungtvannet is a 2015 mini-series based on the events.

Production & Filming Details

• Director(s):
  • Martin Pailthorpe.
• Producer(s):
  • Dick Colthurst … executive producer.
  • Martin Pailthorpe … producer.
• Writer(s):
  • Martin Pailthorpe.
• Music:
• Cinematography:
  • Alan Duxbury.
  • Barrie Foster.
• Editor(s):
  • Rick Holbrook.
• Production:
  • BBC.
• Distributor(s):
  • BBC.
• Release Date: 2003.
• Running Time: 130 minutes.
• Rating: 15.
• Country: UK and France.
• Language: English, French, Norwegian, and German.

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