| Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water | |
| Native Name: | Kampen om tungtvannet |
| Country: | Norway France |
| Language: | Norwegian |
| Director: | Jean Dréville Titus Vibe-Müller |
| Music: | Gunnar Sønstevold |
| Cinematography: | Hilding Bladh Marcel Weiss |
| Editing: | Jean Feyte |
| Distributor: | Hero Film Trident |
| Gross: | 5,373,377 admissions (France) |
| Runtime: | 98 minutes |
Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water (original title: Kampen om tungtvannet, French title: La Bataille de l'eau lourde) is a Norwegian-French film from 1948. The history is based on the best known commando raid in Norway during World War II, where the resistance group Norwegian Independent Company 1 destroyed the heavy water plant at Vemork in Telemark in February 1943.
The film is basically a reconstruction of real events, a docudrama, with many of the participants playing themselves in the film. It was filmed on location in Norway.
It was the second most popular film at the French box office in 1948.[1]