Summary
During WWII, the Nazis take control of a plant in Norway that makes
heavy water, an essential ingredient in the manufacture of atomic
weapons. To prevent the Germans from building their own nuclear
bomb, a party of Norwegian refugees are parachuted back into their
country so that they may sabotage the plant...
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Credits
- Director: Jean Dréville, Titus Vibe-Müller
- Script: Jean Martin
- Photo: Hilding Bladh, Marcel Weiss
- Music: Gunnar Sønstevold
- Cast: Jens A. Poulsson (Himself – fenrik), Johannes Eckhoff, Arne Kjelstrup, Claus Helberg (Himself), Henki Kolstad, Claus Wiese, Knut Haukelid, Andreas Aabel, Fredrik Kayser, Hans Storhaug, Odd Rohde, Torstein Skinnarland (Himself – damvokteren), Rolf Sørlie, Knut Lier-Hansen, Øyvind Øyen, Thorleif Reiss, David Knudsen, Tarald Haugen, Ola Hansen (Sjåfør), Finn Bernhoft, Einar Vaage, Alf Nøkle, Harald Schwenzen, Stevelin Urdahl, Folkman Schaanning, Raoul Dautry, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Lew Kowarski, H.H. Halban (Himself – professor), Allier, Holme, Jourdier, Stibbard, Haakon Arnold
- Country: Norway / France
- Language: Norwegian
- Runtime: 80 min; B&W
- Aka: La Bataille de l’eau lourde; The Battle for Heavy Water
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