Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water

Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water
Directed by Jean Dréville
Titus Vibe-Müller
Written by Arild Feldborg, Jean Marin etc.
Starring Jens-Anton Poulsson
Johannes Eckhoff
Arne Kjelstrup
Claus Helberg
Henki Kolstad
Claus Wiese
Knut Haukelid
Fredrik Kayser
Andreas Aabel
Music by Gunnar Sønstevold
Cinematography Hilding Bladh
Marcel Weiss
Edited by Jean Feyte
Distributed by Hero Film
Trident
Release dates
  • 1948 (1948)
Running time
98 minutes
Country Norway
France
Language Norwegian

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.

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