Set in German-occupied Norway, resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist Rolf Pedersen in an effort to destroy the German heavy water production plant in rural Telemark.
Casts Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, Ulla Jacobsson, Michael Redgrave, David Weston, Anton Diffring, Eric Porter, Mervyn Johns, Jennifer Hilary, Roy Dotrice
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
When the Wind Blows
Eye of the Needle
Malena
The Guns of Navarone
High School Musical
Pope Vs. Hitler
Midway
From Here to Eternity
Hilde
Battle of Britain
As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me
The Silence
1941
Thief
Ran
The Woman of Wrath
Kelly's Heroes
Suite Française
Digging The Great Escape
Guerrilla Girl
SIMILAR MOVIES
When the Wind Blows
IMDB 7.4 | Oct , 1986
With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II.Eye of the Needle
IMDB 6.7 | Jul , 1981
Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of vital information about D-Day, takes refuge on Storm Island, an inhospitable, sparsely inhabited island off the coast of northern Scotland.Malena
IMDB 7.4 | Mar , 2000
During WWII, a teenage boy discovering himself becomes love-stricken by Malèna, a sensual woman living in a small, narrow-minded Italian town.The Guns of Navarone
IMDB 7.3 | Apr , 1961
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.High School Musical
IMDB 6.5 | Jan , 2006
A popular high school athlete and an academically gifted girl get roles in the school musical and develop a friendship that threatens East High's social order.Pope Vs. Hitler
IMDB 6 | Apr , 2017
In the darkest days of World War II, St. Peter's was shrouded in the shadow of the swastika. But even as the Führer surrounded him, the Pope was plotting a secret counter-offensive. Wartime Pontiff Pius XII has been derided for his public silence about the Holocaust. But evidence suggests his silence may have been subterfuge.Midway
IMDB 6.6 | Jun , 1976
This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.From Here to Eternity
IMDB 7.3 | Aug , 1953
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.Hilde
IMDB 5.4 | Mar , 2009
A biography of Hildegard Knef, one of Germany's biggest post-war stars.Battle of Britain
IMDB 6.9 | Sep , 1969
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me
IMDB 7.3 | Dec , 2001
The German soldier Clemens Forel - determined to be reunited with his beloved family - makes a dramatic escape through bitter cold winters, desolate landscapes, and life threatening ventures from a Siberian labor camp after World War II. 8000 miles and three endless years of uncertainty later, he is finally about to reach his destination... An edge of your seat drama that celebrates the power of the human spirit and the force of will, while inspired and impowered by love.The Silence
IMDB 7.5 | Sep , 1963
Traveling through an unnamed European country on the brink of war, sickly, intellectual Ester, her sister Anna and Anna's young son, Johan, check into a near-empty hotel. A basic inability to communicate among the three seems only to worsen during their stay. Anna provokes her sister by enjoying a dalliance with a local man, while the boy, left to himself, has a series of enigmatic encounters that heighten the growing air of isolation.1941
IMDB 5.8 | Dec , 1979
In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.Thief
IMDB 7.2 | Mar , 1981
Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he signs on with a top gangster for a big score.Ran
IMDB 8.1 | Jun , 1985
Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an ageing warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.The Woman of Wrath
IMDB 5.3 | Sep , 1984
A woman, married off to an abusive butcher, is overpowered by the twin forces of patriarchy and tradition in Taiwan during circa 1920 to 1945.Kelly's Heroes
IMDB 7.3 | Jun , 1970
A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.Suite Française
IMDB 7.3 | Mar , 2015
France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the villagers' own homes. Lucile initially tries to ignore Bruno von Falk, the handsome and refined German officer staying with them. But soon, a powerful love draws them together and leads them into the tragedy of war.Digging The Great Escape
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2011
The classic movie "The Great Escape" was based on a real life escape attempt during the second world war. This documentary follows Archaeologists who are trying to find the original tunnels dug by the real prisoners of war who escaped. Some of the surviving prisoners also join the team to assist with the tunnel locations and to describe what it was really like to live that situation. In an effort to understand the technical details of how this feet of ingenuity was achieved, the team recreate some of the equipment used by the prisoners.Guerrilla Girl
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1953
Thriller - During World War II, Helmut Dantine specialized in playing villainous Nazis in Hollywood melodramas. He offers a compelling performance in a variation of these earlier roles in this suspense filled and politically loaded tale of intrigue. The story opens in German-occupied Athens during the darkest hours of the war. Civilians are not allowed on the streets after dark. - Helmut Dantine, Marianna, Irene Champlin