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.
The Heroes of Telemark is of 2 hour(s) and 11 minute(s). It is Produced By: Benton Film Productions, The Rank Organisation. It was released on 1965-11-12. It has the tagline: Unarmed and outnumbered, they stunned the world with their incredible victory. It has an average vote of 6.928 on TMDB.
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