Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water (1948)
1h 47m
Running Time
February 5, 1948Release Date
Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water (1948)
1h 47m
Running Time
February 5, 1948Release Date
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Plot.
A factual reconstruction of the sabotage events which took place to prevent Hitler's Germany from getting the heavy water needed to make an atomic bomb during the Second World War.
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Release DateFebruary 5, 1948
Original NameKampen om tungtvannet
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 47m
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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.