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The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
9K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Set in German-occupied Norway, this is based on the efforts of the Norwegian resistance to sabotage German development of the atomic bomb. Resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist Rolf Pedersen in an effort to destroy the German heavy water production plant in rural Telemark. British commandos dispatched to destroy the plant are killed when their glider crashes. A resistance raid ends in the partial destruction of the heavy water but the Germans resume production quickly. Pedersen recommends that the Allies bomb the plant. Straud opposes him to prevent civilian deaths. The air raid takes place, but it fails to destroy the heavy water. The remaining heavy water is loaded onto a ferry for Germany, and the resistance attempt to blow it up. Pedersen boards the ferry to try and minimize civilian deaths. The film closes with resistance members rescuing passengers as the ferry sinks.
Style:
dramatic, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, independent film, epic war, microfilm, cult film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, winter, nazi, commando, spy, world war, resistance fighter, sabotage, military, mountain, great war, espionage, tank, allies, nazi occupation, holocaust, freedom, revolutionary, revolution, mission, atomic bomb, resistance, machine gun, nazi occupied france, struggle ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
england, germany, europe
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
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Duration: 118 min.
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Time:
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
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Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Duration: 167 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 158 min.
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Duration: 179 min.
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Style:
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Story:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, period piece ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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