Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water
| Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water | |
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| Directed by |
Jean Dréville Titus Vibe-Müller |
| Written by | Arild Feldborg, Jean Marin etc. |
| Starring |
Jens-Anton Poulsson Johannes Eckhoff Arne Kjelstrup Claus Helberg Henki Kolstad Claus Wiese Knut Haukelid Fredrik Kayser Andreas Aabel |
| Music by | Gunnar Sønstevold |
| Cinematography | Hilding Bladh Marcel Weiss |
| Edited by | Jean Feyte |
| Distributed by |
Hero Film Trident |
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98 minutes |
| Country | Norway France |
| Language | Norwegian |
Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water (original title: Kampen om tungtvannet, French title: La Bataille de l'eau lourde) is a Norwegian-French film from 1948. The history is based on the best known commando raid in Norway during World War II, where the resistance group Norwegian Independent Company 1 destroyed the heavy water plant at Vemork in Telemark in February 1943.
The film is basically a reconstruction of real events, a docudrama, with many of the participants playing themselves in the film. It was filmed on location in Norway.
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