Set in German-occupied Norway, resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist Rolf Pedersen in an effort to destroy the German heavy water production plant in rural Telemark.
Directed by Anthony Mann
atomic bomb
world war ii
based on true story
saboteur
norway
physicist
sabotage
resistance fighter
1940s
divorced couple
atomic energy
electric power station
norwegian resistance
dramatic
commanding
snowy mountains
bombing mission
commando unit
lovers reunion
nazi occupied norway
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Letterboxd
3.2 / 5
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Cast
Kirk Douglas
Dr. Rolf Pedersen
Richard Harris
Knut Straud
Ulla Jacobsson
Anna Pedersen
Michael Redgrave
Uncle
David Weston
Arne
Anton Diffring
Major Frick
Eric Porter
Terboven
Mervyn Johns
Col. Wilkinson
Jennifer Hilary
Sigrid
Roy Dotrice
Jensen
Barry Jones
Professor Logan
Ralph Michael
Nilssen
Crew
Anthony Mann
Director
Ben Barzman
Screenplay
Malcolm Arnold
Original Music Composer
Robert Krasker
Director of Photography
Anthony Masters
Art Direction
Popular Reviews
6 reviews
lara wood
2.0★ · 12/21/25
the people that made this wish they were norwegian james bond so bad
the people that made this wish they were norwegian james bond so bad
Wiktoria
3.5★ · 01/20/25
Missing a hot feminist girlboss
Missing a hot feminist girlboss
Mathias
6.0★ · 05/29/23
Not the most accurate depiction. A lot of unnecessary filler and just plain boring scenes. Kirk Douglas looked amazing in his skiing attire though, what a chad.
Not the most accurate depiction. A lot of unnecessary filler and just plain boring scenes. Kirk Douglas looked amazing in his skiing attire though, what a chad.
