The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Bomb
TV series based on the Allies' struggle to stop Hitler's production of the atomic bomb in Rjukan in Telemark and follows the sabotage operation and the background to the events in Rjukan during the war. We meet the physicist Werner Heisenberg, who are going to develop the atomic bomb for the Nazis. Furthermore, we follow Leif Tronstad, the chemistry professor and major, who with his knowledge of nuclear physics and heavy water production at Rjukan warned the allies and planned the sabotage.
01. The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Bomb
The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Bomb
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World War II begins and the Germans launch their nuclear weapons program. Nobel Prize winner Werner Heisenberg needs heavy water, only produced by Norsk Hydro at Vemork, for the reactor he is to build. The heavy water factory's creator, scientist and opponent Leif Tronstad suspects the Germans' heavy water purchases and contacts English intelligence.
| Original title: | Kampen om tungtvannet |
| Category: | Feature Film |
| Genre: | Drama, history |
| Actors: | Eirik Evjen, Christoph Bach, Anna Friel, Frank Kjosås, Christian Rubeck, Espen Klouman Høiner, Benjamin Helstad, Dennis Storhøi, Robert Hunger-Bühler, David Zimmerschied, Endre Ellefsen, Maibritt Saerens, Audun Sandem, Espen Reboli Bjerke, Tobias Santelmann, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Peri Baumeister, Søren Pilmark, Ragnhild Myntevik, Torstein Bjørklund, Marc Benjamin Puch, Rolf Kristian Larsen, Pip Torrens, Stein Winge, Andreas Döhler, Espen Klouman-Høiner, Ole Christoffer Ertvaag |
| Director: | Per Olav Sørensen |
| Producer: | John M. Jacobsen |
| Music: | Kristian Eidnes Andersen |
| Script: | Petter Rosenlund |
| Country: | Norway |
| Language: | Norwegian |
02. The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Bomb
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Leif Tronstad puts together the sabotage group Grouse. The aim is to assist English commando soldiers in blowing up the heavy water plant at Vemork. In Germany, Werner Heisenberg continues to work with the nuclear reactor. Grouse is released over the Hardangervidda and makes a landing place for the English.
| Original title: | Kampen om tungtvannet |
| Category: | Feature Film |
| Genre: | Drama, history |
| Actors: | Eirik Evjen, Christoph Bach, Anna Friel, Frank Kjosås, Christian Rubeck, Espen Klouman Høiner, Benjamin Helstad, Dennis Storhøi, Robert Hunger-Bühler, David Zimmerschied, Endre Ellefsen, Maibritt Saerens, Audun Sandem, Espen Reboli Bjerke, Tobias Santelmann, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Peri Baumeister, Søren Pilmark, Ragnhild Myntevik, Torstein Bjørklund, Marc Benjamin Puch, Rolf Kristian Larsen, Pip Torrens, Stein Winge, Andreas Döhler, Espen Klouman-Høiner, Ole Christoffer Ertvaag |
| Director: | Per Olav Sørensen |
| Producer: | John M. Jacobsen |
| Music: | Kristian Eidnes Andersen |
| Script: | Petter Rosenlund |
| Country: | Norway |
| Language: | Norwegian |
03. The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Bomb
The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Bomb
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The English mission fails and the Allies will now bomb the heavy water factory. Leif Tronstad persuades them to send in a Norwegian special group to blow up the factory. Tronstad gathers the saboteurs, calls the group Gunnerside, and starts training.
| Original title: | Kampen om tungtvannet |
| Category: | Feature Film |
| Genre: | Drama, history |
| Actors: | Christoph Bach, Anna Friel, Frank Kjosås, Christian Rubeck, Espen Klouman Høiner, Benjamin Helstad, Dennis Storhøi, Robert Hunger-Bühler, David Zimmerschied, Endre Ellefsen, Maibritt Saerens, Audun Sandem, Espen Reboli Bjerke, Tobias Santelmann, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Peri Baumeister, Søren Pilmark, Ragnhild Myntevik, Torstein Bjørklund, Marc Benjamin Puch, Rolf Kristian Larsen, Pip Torrens, Stein Winge, Andreas Döhler, Espen Klouman-Høiner, Ole Christoffer Ertvaag, Eirik Evjen |
| Director: | Per Olav Sørensen |
| Producer: | John M. Jacobsen |
| Music: | Kristian Eidnes Andersen |
| Script: | Petter Rosenlund |
| Country: | Norway |
| Language: | Norwegian |
04. The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Bomb
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Gunnerside lands on the Hardangervidda and merges with Grouse. February 27, 1943, the 9 saboteurs Rønneberg, Haukelid, Helberg, Poulsson, Kayser, Idland, Strømsheim, Storhaug and Kjelstrup glide down the mountain in the direction of Vemork to blow up the heavy water factory.
| Original title: | Kampen om tungtvannet |
| Category: | Feature Film |
| Genre: | Drama, history |
| Actors: | Eirik Evjen, Christoph Bach, Anna Friel, Frank Kjosås, Christian Rubeck, Espen Klouman Høiner, Benjamin Helstad, Dennis Storhøi, Robert Hunger-Bühler, David Zimmerschied, Endre Ellefsen, Maibritt Saerens, Audun Sandem, Espen Reboli Bjerke, Tobias Santelmann, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Peri Baumeister, Søren Pilmark, Ragnhild Myntevik, Torstein Bjørklund, Marc Benjamin Puch, Rolf Kristian Larsen, Pip Torrens, Stein Winge, Andreas Döhler, Espen Klouman-Høiner, Ole Christoffer Ertvaag |
| Director: | Per Olav Sørensen |
| Producer: | John M. Jacobsen |
| Music: | Kristian Eidnes Andersen |
| Script: | Petter Rosenlund |
| Country: | Norway |
| Language: | Norwegian |
05. The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Bomb
The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Bomb
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The Germans quickly build up the heavy water factory at Vemork after the sabotage operation. Norsk Hydro's director Bjørn Henriksen sees that he is dangerously close to being branded a war collaborator and is trying to negotiate out of trouble. In England, the Americans decide to bomb Rjukan and the facility on Vemork.
| Original title: | Kampen om tungtvannet |
| Category: | Feature Film |
| Genre: | Drama, history |
| Actors: | Christoph Bach, Anna Friel, Frank Kjosås, Christian Rubeck, Espen Klouman Høiner, Benjamin Helstad, Dennis Storhøi, Robert Hunger-Bühler, David Zimmerschied, Endre Ellefsen, Maibritt Saerens, Audun Sandem, Espen Reboli Bjerke, Tobias Santelmann, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Peri Baumeister, Søren Pilmark, Ragnhild Myntevik, Torstein Bjørklund, Marc Benjamin Puch, Rolf Kristian Larsen, Pip Torrens, Stein Winge, Andreas Döhler, Espen Klouman-Høiner, Ole Christoffer Ertvaag, Eirik |
| Director: | Per Olav Sørensen |
| Producer: | John M. Jacobsen |
| Music: | Kristian Eidnes Andersen |
| Script: | Petter Rosenlund |
| Country: | Norway |
| Language: | Norwegian |
06. The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Bomb
The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Bomb
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The Germans decide to move the heavy water and the entire plant to Germany. The Allies decide once again to sabotage the Germans' plans and the ferry "Hydro" is sunk on Lake Tinnsjøen. The last months of the war will be very dramatic for Leif Tronstad, Werner Heisenberg and Bjørn Henriksen.
| Original title: | Kampen om tungtvannet |
| Category: | Feature Film |
| Genre: | Drama, history |
| Actors: | Christoph Bach, Anna Friel, Frank Kjosås, Christian Rubeck, Espen Klouman Høiner, Benjamin Helstad, Dennis Storhøi, Robert Hunger-Bühler, David Zimmerschied, Endre Ellefsen, Maibritt Saerens, Audun Sandem, Espen Reboli Bjerke, Tobias Santelmann, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Peri Baumeister, Søren Pilmark, Ragnhild Myntevik, Torstein Bjørklund, Marc Benjamin Puch, Rolf Kristian Larsen, Pip Torrens, Stein Winge, Andreas Döhler, Espen Klouman-Høiner, Ole Christoffer Ertvaag, Eirik Evjen |
| Director: | Per Olav Sørensen |
| Producer: | John M. Jacobsen |
| Music: | Kristian Eidnes Andersen |
| Script: | Petter Rosenlund |
| Country: | Norway |
| Language: | Norwegian |
