Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water
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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.
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Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water | |
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Kampen om tungtvannet | |
Directed by | Jean Dréville Titus Vibe-Müller |
Written by | Arild Feldborg, Jean Marin, Dinah Robertson, etc. |
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Cinematography | Hilding Bladh Marcel Weiss |
Edited by | Jean Feyte |
Music by | Gunnar Sønstevold |
Distributed by | Hero Film Trident |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Countries | Norway France |
Language | Norwegian |
Box office | 5,373,377 admissions (France)[1] |
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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.