- Source: Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water
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.
Cast
Reception
It was the second most popular film at the French box office in 1948.
See also
The Heroes of Telemark, a 1965 film
The Heavy Water War, a 2015 TV series
References
External links
Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water at IMDb
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- Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water
- Norwegian heavy water sabotage
- The Heavy Water War
- Vemork
- Birger Strømsheim
- Joachim Rønneberg
- Jens-Anton Poulsson
- List of war films and TV specials set between 1914 and 1945
- Harald Schwenzen
- List of highest-grossing films in France
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