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We have Simenon on radio

and Haukelid with two local guys to execute the mission.

They will place 19lbs of high explosives below deck,

something which ought to create an 11-square-foot hole.

The ferry with all its cargo should go down in less than five minutes,

too fast to get to shore before it sinks.

Right.

Another attempt, another blast, another fuckload of people die.

That's war. There's a price to pay for success.

But how successful were we, really?

We lost 41 men with Freshman.

We sabotaged the factory only to have the Germans rebuild it

in two months, then listened to the Yanks and bombed the entire valley.

All right.

And now...

.. we're about to blow up

a passenger ferry.

Very successful.

It's war, Julie, you told me.

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.

Excuse me, sir.

- Tronstad. - Have you got a minute?

Yes, what can I do for you?

How sure are we? How far down the line are they with the bomb?

Any new information I haven't got?

Well, we're never sure.

You know that Werner Heisenberg gave Niels Bohr a sketch that we

thought for some time showed a bomb,

but which is most likely to have been for a reactor, as you thought.

But if you have a reactor, you can make plutonium.

If you have plutonium, you can make a bomb.

Now, we don't know if Heisenberg did it to warn us, to frighten us,

to help us or just to impress.

And that's why we have to sink the shipment, because we don't know.

We do know that Heisenberg regards the heavy water

as essential to his bomb project.

We're afraid.

That's the reality.

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.

Morning.

- 39 barrels down. - 18 dead.

- Minus four Germans. - Most below deck.

Third class, probably trapped in the dark,

if they didn't get caught by the explosion.

There was a man on deck who got crushed to death by train coaches,

trying to get a lifeboat out.

Most went into the water without a life jacket and drowned.

The only boat that was used was the one that was on starboard side,

and that holds only eight.

Well, head office are very pleased.

They consider heavy water operations finished.

An example of precise warfare with the minimal amount of casualties,

which has given us a huge advantage in our continuous battles.

That's Churchill. He sends his congratulations.

Congratulations,

sir.

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."

Sunshine?

Yes, Operation Sunshine, the protection of power

and dam installations in Southern Norway,

to prevent the Germans from destroying too much

before they surrender.

You've been chosen to lead the operation with Parson

as second in command and Skinnarland on radio duties.

The rest of the group you pick yourself.

Congratulations.

I thought this was what you always wanted.

To go back to Norway, get out into the field again?

If you'd rather stay here just until the end of hostilities

and then go and see your wife and children, it's no problem, I can...

Of course not. The war's not over yet.

Thank you, sir.

Good man.

Well, you're certainly not going to miss the fish.

You don't get fishes like this in Norway.

Not really, no.

Eugh!

I can't.

It must be very beautiful this time of year.

It's always beautiful.

Do you know what I miss the most about Norway?

The horizons,

wherever you look.

Yeah.

It's been a while.

You must come and visit.

My house is big.

Well, that could be awkward.

I might go back to university, do another degree.

That's a good idea.

This country needs good bird-watchers.

It certainly does.

It's going to be strange not to have a war.

Yes.

-When do you leave? -Tomorrow.

What else to it?

What?

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.

♪ Show me the way to go home

♪ I'm tired and I want to go to bed

♪ Well, I had a little drink about an hour ago

♪ And it's gone right to my head

♪ No matter where I roam

♪ Over land or sea or foam

♪ You will always hear me singing a song

♪ Show me the way to go home. ♪

Cheers!

Cheers.

- Skal. - Skal. - Skal.

Thank you, guys.

You didn't think we'd let you get away that easily, did you?

Skinnarland sends his love.

Apparently they're in trouble with a police chief who's threatening

to blow their cover, so you are going to be very busy.

Yeah.

♪ And so say all of us

♪ And so say all of us

♪ For he's a jolly good fellow

♪ For he's a jolly good fellow

♪ For he's a jolly good fell-ow... ♪

Straighten up. One, two, three...

Good. Thank you.

-Einar reports of good weather. -Great.

-Have a nice trip. -Thank you.

Well, the war should be over in a couple of months.

Might pop over and see you myself.

Good luck, Tronstad.

Thank you.

Well...

See you soon.

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.

Welcome to London, Mr Heisenberg.

I'm Major Julie Smith, Special Operations Executive.

I'm in charge of the debriefing of the German atomic programme.

Would you care to follow me?

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.