Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water (1948)

Name: Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water
Genre: Action, War, Drama
Released: 1948-02-05
Duration: 107 min
Cast: Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Raoul Dautry, Henki Kolstad, Johannes Eckhoff, Claus Wiese

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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Released 1948-02-05 · 107 min · Action, War, Drama

Directed by Jean Dréville, Titus Vibe-Müller

Cast

Frédéric Joliot-Curie as Self - Professor
Raoul Dautry as Self - Rustningsminister
Henki Kolstad as Sersjant Einar Skinnarland
Johannes Eckhoff as Fenrik Knut Hauglund
Claus Wiese as Fenrik Joachim Rønneberg
Øyvind Øyen as Major Professor Leif Tronstad
Andreas Aabel as Fenrik Kasper Idland
Odd Rohde as Sersjant Birger Strømsheim
Rolf Sørlie as Self - Ingeniør
Torstein Skinnarland as Self - Damvokter
Lew Kowarski as Self - Laboratoriesjef
H.H. Halban as Self - Professor
Allier as Self - Sprengstoff-offiser
Jens A. Poulsson as Self - Fenrik
Arne Kjelstrup as Self - Sersjant