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Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water

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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.

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Status: Released

Released Date: 1948-02-05

Runtime: 107 mins

Director: Jean Dréville, Titus Vibe-Müller

Spoken language: English, Norsk, Pусский, Deutsch

Genres: Action, War, Drama

Original title: Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water

Production Companies: Le Trident, Hero-Film

Production Countries: France, Norway

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