What the hell are you thinking?
The alternative is to bomb the plant again.
We're talking about 40-50 civilians. Plus reprisals against even more.
Why can't we do it on the way down?
Or after the ferry? Or at sea?
-Most of them will make it to land. -In freezing conditions?
-They have two lifeboats. -What if the ferry sinks before that?
-Then they'll swim. And those who can't?
Children, the elderly... What are you thinking?
It's war, Jomar.
We've got the chance to get rid of the heavy water once and for all.
-We don't have a choice. -I don't believe that.
What do we know about the Germans? How far along are they?
I'll look into it.
Do that.
Are you excited about the concert, Lise?
-To hear Beethoven? -Yes.
-Here you are. -Thank you.
-Concert on Saturday. -Thank you.
There's a concert on Saturday. Here you are.
Good morning. Ellen Henriksen. I'm organising the concert.
Arvid Fladmoe. -Kristoffer Kleive.
I hope you had a nice trip.
19 lbs in the hull by the engines.
Around 45 minutes after departure.
Friday is the worst day. The ferry is always full on that day.
Did you hear what I said?
I'm not the one in charge.
Excuse me...
Yes?
We're moving.
What do you mean?
They're letting people go at the factory so Rolf doesn't have a job.
Rolf got a job offer at Notodden. As a mechanic.
I also got a job there, at the sack factory.
What does Lise think? Does she want to go?
-We need the money. -Yes, of course. I'm sorry.
We leave on Friday.
-But what about the concert? -No, that...
We were supposed to go together.
I'll ask Rolf if we can leave a few days later.
-So Lise can go to the concert. -That would be nice.
I'm sorry. I'm acting like a fool.
Thank you.
That was a bit early.
Did you ask about the Friday?
Do you know anyone who can help us delay the delivery?
Fix it by tomorrow, and we'll delay until Sunday.
Something is wrong with the critical mass.
We calculated with one ton of uranium.
From the beginning.
The size of a nucleus is about one ten-thousandths of the actual atom.
The biggest part of the atom is empty space.
The neutrons move freely several centimetres before the collision.
-Millimetres. -Several millimetres.
Even in a material as dense as uranium.
We calculated so much uranium that a bomb was impossible.
-What did we start with? -A lump of uranium the size of a pea.
Here the neutrons reach the surface and disappear
without colliding with a new core. A chain reaction is impossible.
But with a bigger lump of uranium
every neutron reaches a new core and the chain reaction starts.
That's right.
Wrong.
To build a bomb a lump of uranium of ten kilograms should be enough.
Ten kilograms?
So our calculations were wrong? How could that happen?
Up...
And forward with the chin.
Come...
-What did he say? -We're coming.
It'll be the best concert Rjukan has ever seen.
I'll pay for your ferry tickets on Sunday.
Rolf and Knut will pick you up by car tonight.
It'll only be the three of you. There are four guards at the jetty.
There are no guards on the boat, but the crew may spend the night.
The raft is 400 metres from the ferry landing.
There is no problem reaching it unnoticed,
but getting from the raft to the boat is critical.
My neighbour is on the ferry.
You asked me to change days because it's full on Fridays.
I know...
-You can't warn him now. -It's a whole family.
That's irrelevant. Do you understand the consequences?
-You may know someone on the boat. -That's very possible.
-Don't you think about that? -My orders are not to.
-They are innocent people. And?
If it's an order, someone has considered it.
-Considered it? -We save more lives by sinking it.
-Is it that damn simple?! -Yes, it is!
What if I warn him?
I didn't hear that.
Get to the plateau and make contact with England.
Then wait for new orders. And we'll meet there in two days.
Did you hear what I said?
-Einar? -Yes!
-Second row. -Thank you.
Here you are. Here you are. Now get inside.
Sunday, 20. February, 1944
Thank you for the nice time yesterday.
Thanks.
Remember, you can visit whenever you want.
It's not that far, and I can pick you up.
No choice? What do you mean? We can sink it off the coast.
Not according to the Brits.
-Tell them. -You said you would.
And I did, but they ended up doing something else.
Killing 50 innocent people? You have to stop it.
The bomb is already on board. The ferry has left the jetty.
-You were in favour of the ferry all along. -No. That's not true.
Of course...Then you'll be finished with that shit.
And you can finally get back to Norway.
-Two coffees. What would you like? -Some juice.
Spring 1945. The last months of the war.
Werner Heisenberg.
Don't go. Please, wait for me.
Bloody hell. 370 wives or mistresses or whatever
start every conversation by saying
they know nothing about physics, but find it interesting.
And that culture and science have always been Germany's strength.
And then about the weather and other trivial matters.
For example "strategic retreat".
How successfully we are retreating
and offer "triumphant resistance".
But I like you.
I have always liked you.
You should know that.
You don't give up that easily.
Follow me. I want to show you something.
Come.
You are not the only one who has been busy.
Here, look at this. Conventional grenades.
Completely normal, without any nonsense.
Right? It looks that way, but we aren't stopping there.
Depleted uranium. What happens then? Look.
I couldn't drop a bomb on them, I had to make it simpler.
For example like rubbing it in like a cream.
But one with a very different effect and result. Here.
For example number 47. Stopzsky, Shlomo Stopzsky.
Exposed to radioactive radiation for several minutes.
With an unambiguous result. Do you understand? Imagine this:
A higher dose, nicely wrapped and sent to Winston Churchill.
Do you understand? We are the ones that are left.
We're the backbone of the nation.
Or in the words of our beloved Führer:
"We have so much to answer for that we have to win the war."
-When do you leave? -Tomorrow.
When did you last see them?
Almost four years ago.
A beer?
-No, I have to... -Everyone else has gone into town.
A beer in the canteen, just the two of us.
Is that a date?
We can call it that if it helps.
-It helps. -Good.
Cheers!
Cheers.
Straighten up. One, two, three...
Good. Thank you.
-Einar reports of good weather. -Great.
-Have a nice trip. -Thank you.
Leif Tronstad was never reunited with his family.
He was shot and killed by a Norwegian Nazi collaborator.
Heisenberg.
Werner Heisenberg was arrested by the Americans on May 3rd 1945.
Germany capitulated 4 days later.
Heisenberg was interviewed by MI6 along with other German scientists.
Heisenberg returned to Germany and was reunited with his family.
He continued as a scientist and died in 1976, 71 years old.
It is a great pleasure on behalf of Hydro
to give four million kroner to the resistance movement.
Norsk Hydro continued to produce and sell heavy water until 1988.
Today the company has 13,000 employees
and a turnover of over 65 billion kroner.
Translated by: Nina Flesvik www.sdimedia.com