The Heavy Water War
The Heavy Water War (original title and alternative title The Saboteurs ) is a six-episode war drama TV miniseries written by Petter S. Rosenlund and produced by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. It is a Norwegian/Danish/British co-production, directed by 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 "". In the UK, the miniseries, retitled "The Saboteurs", was aired by More4 from 19 June 2015, received a 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 VOD to very good reviews. 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. Viewing rights for the US were bought by MHz Networks, which announced a DVD release date of 8 March 2016.
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