Norwegian television series on the German nuclear weapon project and heavy water sabotage in Norway
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
Espen Klouman Høiner
Christoph Bach
Anna Friel
Pip Torrens
Dennis Storhøi
David Zimmerschied
Søren Pilmark
Benjamin Helstad
Composer
Kristian Eidnes Andersen
Country of origin
Norway
Denmark
United Kingdom
Original languages
Norwegian
German
English
Danish
No. of seasons
1
No. of episodes
6
Production
Producer
Kari Moen Kristiansen
Production locations
Vemork, Rjukan
Cinematography
John Christian Rosenlund
Editors
Per-Erik Eriksen
Silje Nordseth
Martin Stoltz
Running time
45 minutes
Production companies
Filmkameratene (Norway)
Sebasto Film (Denmark)
Headline Pictures (UK)
NRK
Original release
Network
NRK
Release
4 January (2015-01-04) – 1 February 2015 (2015-02-01)
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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]
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.
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Jorn Rossing Jensen (21 November 2014). "NRK ready to declare €8.7 million Heavy Water War". Cineuropa. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
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"Anna Friel, Frank Kjosås board Norwegian sabotage TV series". Nordisk Film- & TV Fond. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^Trailer: The Heavy Water War. NRK, on YouTube. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"1,2 millioner så Kampen om tungtvannet" [1.2 million saw The Heavy Water War] (in Norwegian). NRK. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^Susanne Nielsen (27 April 2015). "Norges største tv-serie kommer nu på TV 2" [Norway's biggest tv-series will come on TV 2] (in Danish). TV 2. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^Sam Wollaston (20 June 2015). "Saboteurs review – complex drama of wartime nuclear collaboration". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^Amy West (10 August 2015). "The Saboteurs Blu-ray review: Nordic show sets new bar for war dramas". International Business Times. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
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"Bitwa o ciężką wodę". ipla.tv. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
^"Znakomity norweski serial o II wojnie światowej od dziś na VOD. Polecamy "Bitwę o ciężką wodę"". wpolityce.pl. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
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Gün Akyuz (14 April 2015). "More4 declares Heavy Water War". C21Media. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
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