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Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water (1948)

Genre : Action, War, Drama

Runtime : 1H 47M

Director : Jean Dréville, Titus Vibe-Müller

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Frédéric Joliot-Curie
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
lui-même (haut commissaire à l'energie atomique)
Raoul Dautry
Raoul Dautry
lui-même (ministre de l'armement en 1939)
Henki Kolstad
Henki Kolstad
Sersjant Einar Skinnarland
Johannes Eckhoff
Johannes Eckhoff
Fenrik Knut Hauglund
Claus Wiese
Claus Wiese
Fenrik Joachim Rønneberg
Øyvind Øyen
Øyvind Øyen
Major Professor Leif Tronstad
Andreas Aabel
Andreas Aabel
Fenrik Kasper Idland
Odd Rohde
Odd Rohde
Sersjant Birger Strømsheim
Rolf Sørlie
Rolf Sørlie
Ingeniør
Torstein Skinnarland
Torstein Skinnarland
Damvokter

Crews

Jean Dréville
Jean Dréville
Director
Titus Vibe-Müller
Titus Vibe-Müller
Director
Hilding Bladh
Hilding Bladh
Director of Photography
Marcel Weiss
Marcel Weiss
Director of Photography

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