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Heavy Water War - Season 1

Series: Heavy Water War
4.6
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Episodes
6
Year
2015
Language
Norwegian
Publisher
MHz Choice

About

The Heavy Water war is a six-part dramatization of one of the most compelling stories of World War II: British intelligence and the Norwegian military's heroic struggle to thwart Nazi Germany's atomic bomb ambitions by sabotaging the heavy water plant in Rjukan, Norway.

Related Subjects

  • Drama

Episodes

1. Part 1

45m

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April, 1940. Germany invades Norway and orders a doubling of production at the heavy water plant in Rjukan. Norwegian professor and reserve officer Leif Tronstad escapes to England to warn the Allies about what he believes is an effort to build a German atomic bomb.

2. Part 2

44m

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Tronstad establishes contact with the War Ministry and a plan to destroy the Hydro facilities is drawn up. In Rjukan, new managing director Erik Henriksen is confronted with sabotage of the heavy water facility.

3. Part 3

45m

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The Americans insist on bombing the heavy water factory, but Tronstad persuades the Allies to send in a team of Norwegians instead. In Germany, Nobel Prize winner Werner Heisenberg promises a breakthrough in the development of a Nazi atomic bomb.

4. Part 4

45m

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In Berlin, Werner Heisenberg is appointed director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute. The Gunnerside team succeeds in blowing up the Hydro factory, but the Germans mount a major search for the saboteurs and order an immediate rebuilding of the heavy water facilities.

5. Part 5

44m

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The Americans launch a bombing raid on Rjukan against Tronstad's objections, but the only result is heavy civilian casualties. The Germans decide to move the entire heavy water facility to Germany, and the Allies plan a strike at the weakest link along the route.

6. Part 6

44m

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The Gunnerside team is ordered to sink the ferry carrying the heavy water facilities midway across the lake from Rjukan. Werner Heisenberg, knowing the heavy water is on its way, needs only 500 additional liters to succeed with the German atomic bomb.

Extended Details

  • SubtitlesEnglish
  • SeriesHeavy Water War
  • Closed CaptionsNo

Artists

Per-Olav SørensenDirector
Anna FrielActor
Espen Klouman HøinerActor
Christoph BachActor
Dennis StorhøiActor
Pip TorrensActor