The Heavy Water War
| The Heavy Water War | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Kampen om tungtvannet (Norway) The Saboteurs (United Kingdom) |
| Genre | War |
| Written by | Petter S. Rosenlund |
| Directed by | Per-Olav Sørensen |
| Starring | |
| Composer(s) | Kristian Eidnes Andersen |
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| Original language(s) | |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Kari Moen Kristiansen |
| Location(s) | Vemork, Rjukan |
| Cinematography | John Christian Rosenlund |
| Editor(s) | |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
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| Distributor | AB Svensk Filmindustri |
| Release | |
| Original network | NRK |
| Picture format | 16:9 HD |
| Audio format | 5.1 Surround |
| Original release | 4 January – 1 February 2015 |
| External links | |
| The Heavy Water War aka The Saboteurs, at Svensk Filmindustri | |
The Heavy Water War (original title Kampen om tungtvannet and alternative title The Saboteurs (UK)) is a six-episode war drama TV miniseries produced by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. It is a Norwegian/Danish/British co-production, directed by Per-Olav Sørensen that tells about the German nuclear weapon project and the heavy water sabotage in Norway to disrupt it during the Second World War, with a particular emphasis on the role of Leif Tronstad.
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. In Denmark, the initial broadcast was on 4 May 2015 on TV 2 titled Kampen om det tunge vand. In the UK, the miniseries, retitled The Saboteurs, was aired by More4 from 19 June 2015, received to good critical reception. The series was released in the UK on DVD and Blu-ray on 10 August 2015. In Poland the show premiered on 15 January 2016 on ipla VOD to very good reviews. Viewing rights for France were bought by Entertainment One, for Benelux by Lumiere, for Spain by A Contracorriente, for Poland by Kino Swiat and for the Balkans by Stas Media. Viewing rights for the US were bought by MHz Networks, which announced a DVD release date of 8 March 2016. Netflix currently (May 2016) offers the series to its online streaming subscribers.
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