Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water
1948, Norwegian. Directed by Jean Dréville & Titus Vibe-Müller.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Norwegian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Jean DrévilleDirector
- Titus Vibe-MüllerDirector
- Frédéric Joliot-CurieSelf - Professor
- Raoul DautrySelf - Rustningsminister
- Henki KolstadSersjant Einar Skinnarland
- Johannes EckhoffFenrik Knut Hauglund
- Claus WieseFenrik Joachim Rønneberg
- Øyvind ØyenMajor Professor Leif Tronstad
- Andreas AabelFenrik Kasper Idland
- Odd RohdeSersjant Birger Strømsheim
- Rolf SørlieSelf - Ingeniør
- Torstein SkinnarlandSelf - Damvokter
- Lew KowarskiSelf - Laboratoriesjef
- H.H. HalbanSelf - Professor
Details
- Released
- 5 February 1948
- Original title
- Kampen om tungtvannet
- Country
- France, Norway
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Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water runs 107 minutes (1h 47m).
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Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 5 February 1948. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water?
Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water (1948) was directed by Jean Dréville and Titus Vibe-Müller and stars Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Raoul Dautry, Henki Kolstad.