The Heroes of Telemark

The Heroes of Telemark
Directed byAnthony Mann
Written byBen Barzman
Ivan Moffat
Based onSkis Against the Atom
1954 memoir
by Knut Haukelid
But for These Men
1962 novel by John Drummond
Produced byBenjamin Fisz
StarringKirk Douglas
Richard Harris
Ulla Jacobsson
CinematographyRobert Krasker
Edited byBert Bates
Music byMalcolm Arnold
Production
company
Benton Film Productions
Distributed byThe Rank Organisation
Release dates
  • 23 November 1965 (1965-11-23) (London-Premiere)
  • 26 November 1965 (1965-11-26) (UK)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesEnglish
German
Norwegian
Budget$5 million[1] or $4.5 million[2]
Box office$1,650,000 (est. US/ Canada rentals)[3]

The Heroes of Telemark is a 1965 British war film directed by Anthony Mann based on the true story of the Norwegian heavy water sabotage during the Second World War from Skis Against the Atom, the memoirs of Norwegian resistance soldier Knut Haukelid. The film stars Kirk Douglas as Dr. Rolf Pedersen and Richard Harris as Knut Straud, along with Ulla Jacobsson as Anna Pederson. It was filmed on location in Norway.

  1. ^ Bjornsen, Bjorn (31 January 1965). "How a Few Norse Beat Nazis: One from U. S. Is Hero of Movie". Chicago Tribune. p. a3.
  2. ^ "Rank Mulls Plunge". Variety. 30 October 1963. p. 23.
  3. ^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1966", Variety, 4 January 1967 p 8