Starring: Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, Ulla Jacobsson, Michael Redgrave
Certificate: U
Genre: Action, War
Awards: None
The Heroes Of Telemark is a WW2 film detailing the exploits of the Norwegian resistance as attempt to stop the construction of heavy water - needed for the atomic bomb - for Nazi Germany. Douglas plays the scientist, Rolf, who is persuaded to join Harris' resistance soldier to destroy a factory that creates the component.
Whilst educational (the film is based on a true story), The Heroes Of Telemark cannot stand up as one of the great World War Two films. It is overly melodramatic at points and often seems slow for no discernible reason. It is fun to see Douglas and Harris together however as two of cinemas greats and some sequences look very nice in the snow but the film is ultimately nothing special.
***Okay
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