The Heavy Water War
Norwegian television series on the German nuclear weapon project and heavy water sabotage in Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Heavy Water War (original title Kampen om tungtvannet and alternative title The Saboteurs (UK)) is a six-episode war drama TV miniseries written by Petter S. Rosenlund and produced by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.[1] It is a Norwegian/Danish/British co-production directed by Per-Olav Sørensen based on the true story of the German nuclear weapon project during the Second World War and the heavy water sabotage in Norway to disrupt it, with a particular emphasis on the role of the Norwegian intelligence officer Leif Tronstad.[2][3]
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Also known as | Kampen om tungtvannet (Norway) The Saboteurs (United Kingdom) |
Genre | War |
Written by | Petter S. Rosenlund |
Directed by | Per-Olav Sørensen |
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Composer | Kristian Eidnes Andersen |
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No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
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Producer | Kari Moen Kristiansen |
Production locations | Vemork, Rjukan |
Cinematography | John Christian Rosenlund |
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Running time | 45 minutes |
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Network | NRK |
Release | 4 January (2015-01-04) – 1 February 2015 (2015-02-01) |
The first two episodes were initially broadcast on NRK1, on 4 January 2015. The opening episodes had 1,259,000 viewers, which was a record for the opening of a drama series in Norway.[4] In Denmark, the initial broadcast was on 4 May 2015 on TV 2 titled Kampen om det tunge vand.[5] In the UK, the miniseries, retitled The Saboteurs, was aired by More4 from 19 June 2015 and had a good critical reception.[6] The series was released in the UK on DVD and Blu-ray on 10 August 2015.[7] In Poland the show premiered on 15 January 2016 on ipla [pl] VOD to very good reviews.[8][9] Viewing rights for France were bought by Entertainment One, for Benelux by Lumière, for Spain by A Contracorriente, for Poland by Kino Swiat and for the Balkans by Stas Media.[10] Viewing rights for the US were bought by MHz Networks, which announced a DVD release date of 8 March 2016.