Develiker terrible... so disappointed.

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Roman Sampson One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Celia A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

morrison-dylan-fan After missing the chance to see it a few years ago,I had hoped that Telemark would be screened to celebrate Kirk Douglas's 100th birthday,but only found a screening of his interesting Film Noir Out of the Past. Finding almost nothing on TV during the Easter holidays,I was pleased to spot this title getting shown again,which led to me at last meeting the heroes of Telemark.The plot:Nazi-Occupied Norway.Learning that the Nazis are starting to develop material to build an atomic bomb, Norwegian resistance fighters Dr Rolf Pedersen/ Knut Straud and Anna Pedersen decide that they must snow the Nazis in before they succeed in their plan. After gathering a team for the mission,the group discover that one of the team has secretly accepted a deal from the Nazis. View on the film:Very loosely based on the real Telemark operation,the screenplay by Ivan Moffat/ Ben Barzman/Knut Haukelid and John Drummond aims for WWII men on a mission with parts of the popular post-Dr.No Euro Spy genre. Rolling the tanks for over two hours,the writers struggle to keep any tension on track,with the group treating the risk of an atomic bomb being built in a relaxed,Boys Own Adventure manner. Walking on the bridge of espionage tension for the ending,the writers disappointingly fail to get the viewer fully involved with the groups spying,by leaving each of them as thinly drawn archetypes. Targeting the Nazis under mountains of Norwegian snow, Kirk Douglas gives a good, chiselled performance as Rolf, whilst Ulla Jacobsson gives the flick a touch of sweeping romance as Rolf's spy love Anna. Notably keeping a distance from getting up close and personal in the mission with an extensive of wide shots, director Anthony Mann & cinematographer Robert Krasker (who both worked on El Cid earlier) keep track of the mission with shots gliding along the snow covered mountains of Norway,as the heroes of Telemark make their mark.

mark.waltz As a fan of the 1943 war drama, "Edge of Darkness", I was looking forward to this action movie about Norwegian resistance to Nazi occupation. With leads like Kirk Douglas and Richard Harris, I expected much more than I got. What I did find was a technically superior film that was extremely slow moving. This is a very typical story of people defending their homeland from ruthless conquerors through sabotage and standing together, and is very admirable in that sense. Kirk Douglas's role is not fully developed, a major surprise considering his power in Hollywood at that time. Richard Harris gives a much stronger performance with a well-rounded characterization. There is an excellent scene of sabotage and some beautiful location footage, but those moments are few and far between.

Petri Pelkonen This movie is loosely based on true events.It's the Second World War and the Germans have occupied Norway.The Norwegian resistance plans to sabotage The Vemork Norsk Hydro plant in the town of Rjukan, which the Nazis are using to produce heavy water to make an atomic bomb.Knut Straud leads the team, and he finds physician Rolf Pedersen to accomplish the mission with him.Also Rolf's ex-wife Anna is involved in the story.The Heroes of Telemark (1965) is an Anthony Mann movie.Now 94- year old Kirk Douglas does great job as Rolf.Richard Harris (1930-2002) is terrific as Knut.Swedish actress Ulla Jacobsson (1929-1982) is wonderful as Anna.Michael Redgrave is very good as Uncle.David Weston is great as Arne.And so is Jennifer Hilary as Sigrid.Roy Dotrice (87) makes his credited feature movie debut as the villainous skier Jensen, and he's excellent.The movie is filmed in Norway, and the shots of the fjelds look amazing.The movie has many showy scenes, like when those two flee on skis.Or when Rolf goes to the ferry in the end to safe Sigrid and all those children.I saw this film last night (Tuesday) and I was surprised how good it was.I hadn't seen any praising critics written of this movie, so my expectations weren't all that great.It does have Kirk and Richard in the lead, so I knew it couldn't be very bad.To my great surprise it turned out to be a very enjoyable movie experience.

Phil Davison The problem with this film is that the action it is trying to portray wasn't spectacular enough for Hollywood. How many shots were actually fired in the real attack? I'll give you a clue -- it was a nice round figure.Of course Hollywood needs gunfire and explosions or else what is the point of making the film? They don't let the fact that there wasn't any gunfire get in the way of their version of the story.The romance part of the plot is all made up as well.Ho, hum...I suppose it just goes to show that when people complain that Hollywood is trying to rewrite history, there is plenty of precedent, this film being part of that. Why on earth didn't they just set the thing in some mythical place during WW2 and not pretend it was anything to do with a real action (which it wasn't really)?