---
title: 'The Heroes of Telemark (1965)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Anthony Mann'
released: '1965-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 131
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-heroes-of-telemark-1965'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059263/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Heroes of Telemark (1965)

1965 · 131 min · Drama, War · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

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 Pedersen.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Anthony Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-mann)
- **Screenplay:** [Ben Barzman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-barzman), [Ivan Moffat](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-moffat)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Malcolm Arnold](https://cinepixo.com/people/malcolm-arnold)
- **Producer:** [Benjamin Fisz](https://cinepixo.com/people/benjamin-fisz)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert Krasker](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-krasker)
- **Editor:** [Bert Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-bates)

## Cast

- [Alan Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-howard)
- [Mervyn Johns](https://cinepixo.com/people/mervyn-johns)
- [Philo Hauser](https://cinepixo.com/people/philo-hauser)
- [David Davies](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-davies-2)
- [George Murcell](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-murcell)
- [Kirk Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/kirk-douglas)
- [Faith Brook](https://cinepixo.com/people/faith-brook)
- [Karel Štěpánek](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-stepanek)
- [Maurice Denham](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-denham)
- [Wolf Frees](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolf-frees)
- [Ulla Jacobsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulla-jacobsson)
- [Geoffrey Keen](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-keen)
- [Richard Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-harris)
- [William Marlowe](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-marlowe)
- [Annette Andre](https://cinepixo.com/people/annette-andre)

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