Norwegian resistance tries to stop German efforts to produce an atomic bomb component during World War II.Norwegian resistance tries to stop German efforts to produce an atomic bomb component during World War II.Norwegian resistance tries to stop German efforts to produce an atomic bomb component during World War II.
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- TriviaIn 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.
- GoofsAfter the commandos blew up the canisters in the factory containing the heavy water and got away there was no shooting involved because the German guards couldn't find the switches to turn on either the floodlights or the alarm.
- Quotes
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 10000 pounds of heavy water, but 12000 pounds of heavy water.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: GERMAN-OCCUPIED NORWAY 1942
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Real Heroes of Telemark (2003)
- de_niro_2001
- Jan 11, 2001
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- Anthony Mann's The Heroes of Telemark
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- $5,600,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 11 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1