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Heroes of Telemark is an American war movie produced in the 1960s. It is based on the story of the Norwegian heavy water sabotage during World War II.
Norwegian resistance fighters sabotage the Nazi German effort to produce heavy water for German atomic research during World War II. Snowy Norwegian locations serve as a backdrop for the plot. Kirk Douglas plays the role of a Norwegian physics professor who, though originally content to wait out the war, is soon pulled into the struggle.