1 00:00:07,913 --> 00:00:11,702 WATER DRIPS 2 00:00:23,147 --> 00:00:26,937 HEAVY FOOTSTEPS 3 00:00:35,198 --> 00:00:38,988 MAN BREATHES HEAVILY 4 00:00:46,378 --> 00:00:50,168 BOOTS SQUEAK 5 00:00:50,737 --> 00:00:54,527 HE BREATHES RAPIDLY 6 00:01:43,490 --> 00:01:47,233 DOOR CRASHES OPEN 7 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:51,280 Shh! Shh! 8 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:59,563 Fuses. Blasting caps. 9 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:04,608 Blasting caps. 10 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:20,680 ALARM BELL RINGS 11 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:18,841 We're breaking! 12 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:25,203 Scotland 1942 13 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:27,641 - What happened? -It was my fault. 14 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:31,963 - I was sure I had them. -He should have checked. 15 00:02:32,159 --> 00:02:35,527 It wasn't his fault. You were too slow. 16 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:40,003 - A lot of stairs. -That will be the least of your problems. 17 00:02:40,159 --> 00:02:42,639 Any questions before we go again? 18 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:45,525 What's so important with that water? 19 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:31,925 My famous friend, Niels Bohr. Did you just arrive? 20 00:04:32,459 --> 00:04:34,300 No, no, I was watching you. 21 00:04:34,351 --> 00:04:36,877 I just wanted to be the first to congratulate you. 22 00:04:36,927 --> 00:04:38,769 You beat me by six years. 23 00:04:38,819 --> 00:04:41,345 - Without you, I... - Oh, nonsense! 24 00:04:41,394 --> 00:04:43,759 The new star is Werner Heisenberg. 25 00:04:43,810 --> 00:04:47,834 I'm so proud of you. The whole Institute is ecstatic! 26 00:04:48,841 --> 00:04:50,319 All my thoughts and theories... 27 00:04:50,370 --> 00:04:52,694 Yes, anyway, where are we going to celebrate? 28 00:04:52,745 --> 00:04:56,196 I hear that Stockholm is full of young women with Nobel fever. 29 00:04:56,245 --> 00:04:59,334 Now I'm going to tell you something that's even more secret than 30 00:04:59,386 --> 00:05:02,595 the fact that an object can be in two places at the same time... 31 00:05:02,646 --> 00:05:05,613 women are unpredictable. 32 00:05:05,663 --> 00:05:09,396 Nothing in my scientific research indicates that a young, 33 00:05:09,447 --> 00:05:13,471 beautiful, intelligent and entertaining woman can't fall for... 34 00:05:13,593 --> 00:05:16,238 a pale, underfed and quiet nuclear physicist. 35 00:05:16,290 --> 00:05:17,487 On the contrary. 36 00:05:17,536 --> 00:05:19,137 All my calculations point towards you 37 00:05:19,187 --> 00:05:21,552 being able to pick from the top drawer. 38 00:05:21,601 --> 00:05:22,800 HE CHUCKLES 39 00:05:22,850 --> 00:05:25,456 Now, don't forget what I told you. 40 00:05:25,505 --> 00:05:28,836 An object can be in two places at the same time. 41 00:05:28,887 --> 00:05:30,567 No, women are unpredictable. 42 00:05:30,617 --> 00:05:32,579 Right. 43 00:05:32,629 --> 00:05:36,593 Sir Heisenberg? 44 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:50,646 Adolf Hitler has had total control over Germany since August 1934 45 00:06:05,247 --> 00:06:09,211 HE PLAYS CLASSICAL PIECE 46 00:06:39,199 --> 00:06:42,487 I can't stand the smell of coal when I'm pregnant. 47 00:06:42,639 --> 00:06:45,211 You shouldn't get pregnant so often. 48 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:48,682 Hurry up with the invention of that new fuel. 49 00:06:48,840 --> 00:06:51,605 The future will be a late wedding present. 50 00:06:51,759 --> 00:06:55,321 - Thank you. -Excuse me, what kind of fuel? 51 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:58,483 Neutrons in a chain reaction. 52 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:02,968 The splitting of nuclei multiply like a hurricane, out of control. 53 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:07,091 - The latest in science. -She's right. 54 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:12,451 Politics don't really interest me. 55 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:18,403 It's a shame that the world only sees Germany through these people. 56 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:22,564 - Himmler isn't so bad. -What do you mean by that? 57 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:25,120 Because my mother knows his mother. 58 00:07:25,279 --> 00:07:28,408 Have you noticed that Himmler has no chin? 59 00:07:30,279 --> 00:07:33,762 I heard you were offered a professorship at Columbia. 60 00:07:33,959 --> 00:07:37,281 Yes, that's true. Do you think I accepted? 61 00:07:37,439 --> 00:07:40,170 I don't know. 62 00:07:40,319 --> 00:07:43,163 I want my children to grow up in Germany. 63 00:07:43,319 --> 00:07:45,641 And I can't think without you. 64 00:07:45,596 --> 00:07:47,161 DOORBELL 65 00:07:49,079 --> 00:07:53,403 - Are we expecting someone? -Himmler's mother perhaps? 66 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:04,846 Werner Heisenberg? Could you please come with us? 67 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:07,406 - Why? -Now. Straight away. 68 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:11,564 I don't understand. 69 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:13,882 You will be questioned. 70 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:20,846 You know who I am. Professor Werner Heisenberg. 71 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:24,685 I don't want to arrest you. Will you come voluntarily? 72 00:08:24,839 --> 00:08:26,841 Is everything all right? 73 00:08:30,319 --> 00:08:33,163 In this letter from 11th November you refuse- 74 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:36,091 -to join a conference about Aryan physics. 75 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:39,767 -It's inadequate. -Excuse me? 76 00:08:39,919 --> 00:08:42,844 - Are you opposed to it? -Things were missing. 77 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:47,687 In December 1938 you refused to join the Reich party convention. 78 00:08:47,879 --> 00:08:52,363 - I believe that... -You refuse to join the NSDAP. 79 00:08:52,519 --> 00:08:55,524 -I'm a physicist. -Working against the country. 80 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:59,889 - That's not true. -You quote Jews and others... 81 00:09:00,039 --> 00:09:05,206 ...who actively act against the National Socialist movement. 82 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:09,888 - They are renowned scientists... -Who have betrayed Germany. 83 00:09:10,039 --> 00:09:13,965 And you admit that you often refer to them- 84 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,328 -and quote them in public papers and articles. 85 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:25,644 "To understand modern physics is impossible without Albert Einstein." 86 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:27,927 A Jew, as you know. 87 00:09:28,279 --> 00:09:34,082 "The evolution of quantum physics is mostly due to Max Born." 88 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:36,322 Also a Jew. 89 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:44,047 "The answer to the Schrödinger equation describes atomic systems"- 90 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:46,884 -"and possibly the universe as well." 91 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:51,850 I admit it's not easy to understand. 92 00:10:05,519 --> 00:10:08,284 Your marriage to Elisabeth is fake. 93 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:13,081 You met in January 1937 and were engaged three weeks later. 94 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:19,407 On 29th April, barely three months later, you got married. 95 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:22,563 Until then you had shown no interest in women. 96 00:10:22,759 --> 00:10:27,208 You never had a girlfriend or a close relationship with a woman. 97 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:30,602 Witnesses confirm your interest in men. 98 00:10:31,639 --> 00:10:34,769 - Especially young men. -That's ridiculous. 99 00:10:35,919 --> 00:10:38,809 8th March 1928 in Leipzig. 100 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:42,931 On a trip to Urbach you slept in a tent with three men. 101 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:45,121 On 24th June the same year- 102 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:49,040 -you encouraged the group to jump naked into a lake. 103 00:10:50,919 --> 00:10:53,571 - We were boy scouts. -No, professor. 104 00:10:58,399 --> 00:11:00,402 You are gay. 105 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:11,846 -It's only for two months. -Or only two days. 106 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:17,841 - I don't intend to die. -Do you think soldiers intend to die? 107 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,970 Herfriede's brother died. Did he plan that? 108 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:27,643 Why the hell does Germany send... 109 00:11:27,799 --> 00:11:33,250 Why does Germany send its best scientists to the trenches? 110 00:11:33,399 --> 00:11:35,402 Come here. 111 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:40,368 This is crazy. 112 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:23,527 Werner. Werner! 113 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:27,769 - Did you not get the message? -Which message? 114 00:12:27,919 --> 00:12:31,288 This is Professor Heisenberg. You know that. 115 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:35,490 - What is this? -Read it. One moment, please. 116 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:37,761 Werner, it worked. 117 00:12:37,919 --> 00:12:42,481 Himmler's mother gave him the letter. He's vouching for you. 118 00:12:44,039 --> 00:12:48,090 Here, this is for you. Read it. It's a letter from Himmler. 119 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:54,927 He says the SS was wrong. Germany needs its scientists. 120 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:59,443 Diebner started a new project with the government's support. 121 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:02,284 It's the biggest thing we've been part of, 122 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:04,647 Do you understand? 123 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:10,289 Do you need anything else? 124 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:28,889 You must be careful. 125 00:13:34,399 --> 00:13:38,404 - Welcome, Professor. Mr Weizsäcker. -Mr Diebner. 126 00:13:43,399 --> 00:13:47,644 Heereswaffenamt, Berlin The German Army Weapons Agency 127 00:13:48,799 --> 00:13:51,006 - The Uranium Club. -Yes. 128 00:13:51,159 --> 00:13:53,561 Formal, but also very casual. 129 00:13:53,759 --> 00:13:57,003 We gathered only the best. Geiger, Hahn,- 130 00:13:57,159 --> 00:14:01,403 - Harterck, Stetter... You know them all. 131 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:05,321 - What's the goal? -A nuclear reaction. 132 00:14:05,519 --> 00:14:07,921 Production of energy from uranium. 133 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:12,927 Please sign this. The project is strictly confidential. 134 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:14,605 Why is that? 135 00:14:14,759 --> 00:14:18,206 We are under the control of the Heereswaffenamt. 136 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:22,159 We will get everything we need. Resources, materials,- 137 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:24,926 assistants, everything you want. 138 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:30,563 As scientists we've never had better conditions. 139 00:14:32,399 --> 00:14:36,325 Einstein said: "Do not worry if war serves science." 140 00:14:36,519 --> 00:14:39,922 -"But if science serves war..." -Einstein... 141 00:14:41,159 --> 00:14:43,527 Mr Heisenberg, with all due respect... 142 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:49,123 We don'! want to hear names like Einstein, Debye,- 143 00:14:49,279 --> 00:14:53,568 - Herzberg, Schrödinger, and also not Bohr. 144 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:59,010 Knowledge is also a chain reaction. No thought comes from nothing. 145 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:03,250 I'm not asking much of you. 146 00:15:04,879 --> 00:15:09,681 You will have opportunities no scientists have had before. 147 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:14,606 Say what you need, and it's yours. Uranium, cement, graphite. 148 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:18,447 To build a reactor? 149 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:25,605 Good. What do we need? 150 00:15:26,639 --> 00:15:29,529 4320 . -D2O. 151 00:15:29,679 --> 00:15:32,081 Heavy water. 152 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:36,847 We need heavy water to set off a potential chain reaction. 153 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:40,924 Normal water absorbs too many neutrons. 154 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:43,566 Then I will get you heavy water. 155 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:47,322 Come with me. 156 00:16:09,279 --> 00:16:14,047 The problem is we need a lot, and ifs only produced in Norway. 157 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:18,046 A Norwegian factory produces artificial fertiliser. 158 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:21,807 The main product is ammonia, the by-product is water. 159 00:16:21,919 --> 00:16:24,650 A chemist boiled it for coffee- 160 00:16:24,799 --> 00:16:28,600 -and realised it boiled at a higher temperature. 161 00:16:28,759 --> 00:16:31,570 The discovery of heavy water. 162 00:16:31,759 --> 00:16:35,241 How many people know what you can do with heavy water? 163 00:16:36,639 --> 00:16:40,485 The French maybe. Not many. 164 00:16:40,679 --> 00:16:42,966 No one I know of. 165 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:47,567 Good. 166 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:05,730 World War ll starts September 3rd 1939 167 00:17:07,079 --> 00:17:10,242 Norsk Hydro's headquarters Oslo 168 00:17:10,559 --> 00:17:15,009 Heavy water? What do the Germans want that for? 169 00:17:16,519 --> 00:17:19,490 They want a lot, and they pay a lot. 170 00:17:22,079 --> 00:17:25,448 - How soon can we deliver? -I don't know. 171 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:27,607 I don't know if we have any. 172 00:17:27,799 --> 00:17:32,806 I'll contact Tronstad. He built the plant. 173 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:40,447 Norwegian Institute of Technology Trondheim 174 00:18:11,272 --> 00:18:12,621 GASPS 175 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,324 Have lunch, and we'll meet in half an hour. 176 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:31,567 - Henriksen, what a rare sight. -I happened to be in Trondheim. 177 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:33,847 I doubt it. 178 00:18:35,839 --> 00:18:38,969 It's the heavy water. How much can we deliver? 179 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:43,443 - You started the production. -You stopped it in August. 180 00:18:43,599 --> 00:18:47,207 - Is there nothing left? -Maybe a few litres. 181 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:50,170 - How many? -I don't know. Ask Brun. 182 00:18:50,319 --> 00:18:55,201 How long would it take to start up again? The Germans want it. 183 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:59,000 - How long? -Two or three months. 184 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:01,851 - How much? -A litre a day at the most. 185 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:06,210 - Can we increase it? -The ammonia would suffer. 186 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:10,808 Good. I'll speak to Brun. 187 00:19:11,759 --> 00:19:13,807 Fun experiment by the way. 188 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:17,486 - Have a good day. -Same to you. 189 00:19:21,599 --> 00:19:25,161 Norsk Hydro's factory at Vemork/Rjukan 190 00:19:30,063 --> 00:19:34,026 PHONE RINGS 191 00:19:32,559 --> 00:19:35,769 - Brun. -This is Leif. 192 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:38,605 - How are you? - More fun with you here. 193 00:19:38,759 --> 00:19:42,526 Henriksen was here and inquired about the heavy water. 194 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:45,808 He wants to start the production again. 195 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:51,568 He wanted to know how much was left. The Germans want it. 196 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:55,805 I knew the French were interested, but not the Germans. 197 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:59,406 - Do you know why? - No, I'm not sure. 198 00:19:59,559 --> 00:20:05,920 Well... It'll be a light over the few litres we have. 199 00:20:15,279 --> 00:20:18,965 If a neutron is split from an atom,- 200 00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:23,364 -the atom gives off more neutrons. 201 00:20:23,519 --> 00:20:27,650 Each of these neutrons can split more nuclei- 202 00:20:27,799 --> 00:20:31,963 -which again give off more neutrons. 203 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:37,723 This causes an ever increasing number of nuclear splits. 204 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:42,249 The purer the uranium, the more effective is the chain reaction. 205 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:46,325 Excuse me, but I still don't see any practical use. 206 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:49,885 Yes, there is one. 207 00:20:50,039 --> 00:20:56,082 A slow chain reaction creates a heat generating uranium machine. 208 00:20:56,240 --> 00:21:01,644 A fast reaction produces a highly effective nuclear explosion. 209 00:21:01,799 --> 00:21:05,520 - How effective? -Very effective. 210 00:21:06,799 --> 00:21:08,801 Very effective? 211 00:21:09,759 --> 00:21:14,766 It depends on how much uranium we're talking about. 212 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:18,281 Let's say 100 kilos. 213 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:21,090 100 kilos? 214 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:25,564 At the moment I can only guess, but 100 kilos could- 215 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:30,327 -possibly produce double the explosive force. 216 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:36,603 If uranium-235 is hit by a neutron,- 217 00:21:36,799 --> 00:21:43,250 -we get uranium-236, which releases vast amounts of energy. 218 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:46,489 And then a new neutron... 219 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:48,926 - Two or three. -Excuse me? 220 00:21:49,079 --> 00:21:52,288 You drew one neutron. Maybe I didn't understand you. 221 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:56,490 But it's more accurate to talk about two or three neutrons. 222 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:58,642 The number is crucial. 223 00:22:00,519 --> 00:22:02,521 May I? 224 00:22:04,599 --> 00:22:05,931 Please. 225 00:22:23,599 --> 00:22:26,729 As long as we talk about one neutron,- 226 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:30,326 -the amount of energy released is not a lot. 227 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:34,121 However, if two or three neutrons from the first split- 228 00:22:34,319 --> 00:22:39,041 -can collide with other new uranium-235 nuclei which also split,- 229 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:42,840 -you get a totally different picture. 230 00:22:43,039 --> 00:22:47,967 In comparison, to say 1 kilo uranium- 231 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:54,401 -equals double the force of other explosives is underestimated. 232 00:22:53,693 --> 00:22:57,656 LECTURER INTERRUPTS 233 00:22:54,559 --> 00:22:58,121 Let's have a look. The energy released from one split- 234 00:22:58,279 --> 00:23:02,365 -is 179 mega electron volts. 235 00:23:02,559 --> 00:23:09,284 This means 1 kilo enriched uranium produces the energy of no less- 236 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:15,402 -than 15000 tons of normal explosives. 237 00:23:12,083 --> 00:23:16,047 MURMURING 238 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:23,641 Excuse me, could you please repeat that? 239 00:23:23,799 --> 00:23:28,124 15000 tons. I wrote about this two years ago. 240 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:33,883 This...bomb... 241 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:37,487 ls it possible to build? 242 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:41,326 This is the energy that is theoretically released. 243 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:45,121 But to answer your question: Of course. 244 00:23:45,279 --> 00:23:48,727 You only need to know how to use the energy. 245 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:57,087 Very promising. 246 00:24:18,559 --> 00:24:20,482 Norsk Hydro's headquarters Oslo 247 00:24:23,936 --> 00:24:26,387 Welcome. Welcome. 248 00:24:26,438 --> 00:24:27,839 Good to see you. 249 00:24:27,890 --> 00:24:30,663 You know the board meeting is not before next month? 250 00:24:30,713 --> 00:24:33,932 I know. But it's not the board that sent me this time. 251 00:24:33,981 --> 00:24:38,016 I've been sent by Deuxieme Bureau. 252 00:24:39,185 --> 00:24:41,072 According to our sources, 253 00:24:41,123 --> 00:24:44,702 heavy water is being utilised... 254 00:24:44,752 --> 00:24:46,518 .. in the German arms programme. 255 00:24:46,568 --> 00:24:50,593 You propose it in France instead? 256 00:24:50,643 --> 00:24:53,779 In France, Jean Frederic Joliot-Curie and his wife Irene 257 00:24:53,829 --> 00:24:55,473 can use the heavy water 258 00:24:55,523 --> 00:24:58,176 as moderator in a nuclear reactor. 259 00:24:58,227 --> 00:25:00,678 To create energy. 260 00:25:00,729 --> 00:25:02,130 Yes. 261 00:25:02,181 --> 00:25:04,752 We do not know if the Germans have other plans. 262 00:25:04,803 --> 00:25:07,375 We do not intend to wait and see either. 263 00:25:07,424 --> 00:25:09,594 How much will France pay? 264 00:25:09,644 --> 00:25:13,651 How much are the Germans paying? 265 00:25:15,814 --> 00:25:19,820 CAR PULLS UP 266 00:25:40,494 --> 00:25:43,478 How much and how fast? 267 00:25:43,527 --> 00:25:47,413 All of it, now. 268 00:25:49,163 --> 00:25:51,328 OK, we have a deal. 269 00:25:51,377 --> 00:25:55,358 You can pay it when you've won the war. 270 00:26:53,125 --> 00:26:57,106 PLANE ENGINE STARTS 271 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:34,327 Idiots! Why didn't anyone notice the water was loaded into another plane? 272 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:40,044 Everything is in France now! I don't want to be tricked by the French! 273 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:42,406 Gel out! 274 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:53,248 - Good morning. -Good morning. 275 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:55,721 - Is everything OK? -Yes. 276 00:27:55,880 --> 00:28:00,044 - With the shipment? -Yes. 277 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:06,520 There was a problem, The situation in Norway will soon be under control. 278 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:11,402 - Really? -Yes. 279 00:28:11,559 --> 00:28:13,881 You will get your heavy water. 280 00:28:14,079 --> 00:28:16,559 -It's what you need, right? -Of course. 281 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:19,723 - Of course. -Good. 282 00:28:20,593 --> 00:28:24,574 HITLER BROADCAST IN GERMAN 283 00:28:32,736 --> 00:28:36,717 CROWD CHEERS 284 00:28:33,839 --> 00:28:39,210 Germany invades Norway and Denmark April 9th 1940 285 00:28:38,587 --> 00:28:42,568 PLANES OVERHEAD 286 00:28:48,279 --> 00:28:52,204 Dear all, there are no lectures today. 287 00:28:52,359 --> 00:28:55,442 As you have heard, the Germans are in town. 288 00:28:57,119 --> 00:29:00,965 Science is a noble profession. 289 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:05,847 I've never had a higher ambition than just learning more. 290 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:09,321 Ten years ago I didn't know neutrons carried- 291 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,086 -the energy of 2 million electron volts. 292 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:18,247 At the time I thought: "lt's the most important thing I'll ever learn." 293 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:24,803 But I was wrong. It was the second most important thing. 294 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:31,041 Should we sit here and do formulas- 295 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:37,087 -or should we go out and fight those who are trying to take what's ours? 296 00:29:37,279 --> 00:29:41,648 Should we bow to them and pray they give us something back? 297 00:29:41,799 --> 00:29:48,490 Or should we use our heads to try to send them packing? 298 00:29:51,079 --> 00:29:58,088 My dear students, dear scientists, dear people." 299 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:01,847 The choice is yours. 300 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:05,721 But remember, what you choose today- 301 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:08,530 -will be history in a hundred years. 302 00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:13,401 The choice is yours and yours... 303 00:30:12,145 --> 00:30:16,126 VEHICLE PULLS UP 304 00:30:16,923 --> 00:30:20,904 MEN SHOUT IN GERMAN 305 00:30:31,414 --> 00:30:33,266 CLASS MURMUR 306 00:31:03,559 --> 00:31:09,009 Get the Federation of Industries' support to stop the acts of war. 307 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:14,290 Due to the circumstances The King should be urged to abdicate. 308 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:17,846 The King is still Head of State. 309 00:31:20,839 --> 00:31:27,200 For years Norsk Hydro's budget was bigger than the Norwegian state's. 310 00:31:27,359 --> 00:31:32,490 The Federation should ask the King to abdicate to protect the country. 311 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:34,881 If you say so. 312 00:31:35,079 --> 00:31:37,559 We will increase the heavy water output. 313 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:40,529 Talks are being held with l.G. Farben. 314 00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:42,807 - Germany? -ls that a problem? 315 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:45,440 No. 316 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:58,484 The Germans are sending scientists and generals to the plant. 317 00:31:54,820 --> 00:31:58,801 HE SIGHS 318 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:03,281 - What do they want? -To step up the aluminium production. 319 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:05,407 Then there's the heavy water. 320 00:32:05,599 --> 00:32:08,205 - They want more cells. -How many? 321 00:32:08,359 --> 00:32:12,250 They want to increase the production fivefold. 322 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:15,090 Suddenly everything is urgent. 323 00:32:15,279 --> 00:32:21,208 I have warned London. Gestapo is close to taking down the whole group. 324 00:32:21,359 --> 00:32:25,080 They took one of my students, questioned him and shot him. 325 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:27,560 Did he give them any names? 326 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:30,200 I don't know. 327 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:35,368 - What do we do? -I have to get to London. 328 00:32:35,519 --> 00:32:39,525 I'll contact SIS and SOE and tell them what's happening. 329 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:43,441 You go back to the factory and continue as before. 330 00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:59,250 Excuse me. I'll call you back. 331 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:05,759 I hear you have paid Quisling and his Nazi party 25000 kroner. 332 00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:11,211 - We need to work in peace. -You're right. 333 00:33:11,359 --> 00:33:14,842 The world wouldn't stop because of an occupation- 334 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:18,891 -or a change of government. Have you got a minute? 335 00:33:24,599 --> 00:33:28,730 - How are the talks going? -They want to buy. 336 00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:33,044 -I'm waiting to hear from the board. -That's the problem. 337 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:38,201 Germany, France, Norway, all at war. They won't make up their minds. 338 00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:43,608 Perhaps the decisions should be made locally. 339 00:33:45,279 --> 00:33:47,601 The Rjukan plant needs a new boss. 340 00:33:47,759 --> 00:33:52,242 Someone who knows the score and can oversee the production. 341 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:56,402 Wouldn't you like that? 342 00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:09,724 We'll be 22 for dinner on Saturday. 343 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:15,489 It was hard to get good food, but we'll have three great courses. 344 00:34:15,639 --> 00:34:19,963 It'll be nice to have friends here during these strange times. 345 00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:22,961 Yes... 346 00:34:27,159 --> 00:34:29,447 What's wrong? 347 00:34:29,599 --> 00:34:33,490 I've been given more responsibilities at Rjukan and Vemork. 348 00:34:33,639 --> 00:34:37,884 - Which means...? -I need to be closer to the plants. 349 00:34:39,599 --> 00:34:42,809 - You...? -We. 350 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:47,166 Do you mean move? 351 00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:49,322 Yes. 352 00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:55,563 - When? -In a week. 353 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:14,206 -22 bedrooms? -I told you it was big. 354 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:16,885 What do we need all that for? 355 00:35:17,079 --> 00:35:21,085 Should the new director live in a hut? 356 00:35:34,079 --> 00:35:36,559 You'll be fine here. 357 00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:38,960 We will be fine here. 358 00:35:43,039 --> 00:35:45,041 Thank you. 359 00:35:56,159 --> 00:36:00,005 Good afternoon. 360 00:36:28,599 --> 00:36:30,967 I can'! sit here. 361 00:36:31,159 --> 00:36:33,128 What? 362 00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:45,409 I thought we could hike in the mountain this weekend. 363 00:36:45,559 --> 00:36:48,802 I don't need to start until Monday. 364 00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:51,166 Could you bring the bread? 365 00:36:54,519 --> 00:36:56,648 Can I have some? 366 00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:00,250 What's on your mind? 367 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:04,971 Will this new appointment and move result in anything good? 368 00:37:05,159 --> 00:37:09,688 - What do you mean? - It happened so quickly. 369 00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:15,405 These are difficult times. Few know Hydro better than me. 370 00:37:15,559 --> 00:37:19,041 Yes, but why the hurry? You're just a lawyer. 371 00:37:20,719 --> 00:37:24,519 I have been a loyal servant of Hydro my whole career. 372 00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:27,610 Loyal servants do not suddenly become directors. 373 00:37:31,079 --> 00:37:34,971 Are you questioning my qualifications? 374 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:41,927 I've got nothing to fear. You already talk like a director. 375 00:37:58,039 --> 00:38:01,681 - Daddy? Where are you going? -To Oslo. 376 00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:06,322 - For how long? -I might be back by Friday. 377 00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:10,409 - Something's wrong with my train. -ls it? 378 00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:15,963 I'll take it with me and see if I can fix it there. 379 00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:40,130 - What's going on? -They're about to expose me. 380 00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:44,967 - Where are you going? -To London. Via Sweden. 381 00:38:45,119 --> 00:38:48,487 Will you have the chance to contact us? 382 00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:53,246 I can write a letter and send it to your mother. 383 00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:06,447 What...? 384 00:39:08,639 --> 00:39:11,119 For our anniversary. 385 00:39:12,239 --> 00:39:15,686 It's made from my university ring. 386 00:39:21,079 --> 00:39:23,764 Just make sure you come back. 387 00:39:45,039 --> 00:39:49,021 EXPLOSIONS 388 00:39:53,679 --> 00:39:56,762 Excuse me. Can you keep the door clear? 389 00:39:56,815 --> 00:40:00,409 Leif Tronstad. I'm here to see Colonel John Skinner Wilson. 390 00:40:00,458 --> 00:40:02,931 He's expecting me. 391 00:40:02,981 --> 00:40:04,534 He's not here, sir. 392 00:40:04,583 --> 00:40:06,896 - He's not here? - No, sir. 393 00:40:06,947 --> 00:40:10,952 I don't think you understand. I need to see him. It's important. 394 00:40:12,474 --> 00:40:16,478 The colonel's not here, sir. 395 00:40:40,666 --> 00:40:42,659 Are you lost, sir? 396 00:40:42,708 --> 00:40:45,382 No, no, no. I'm going to... 397 00:40:45,432 --> 00:40:47,985 G... Goog-es Street. 398 00:40:48,036 --> 00:40:49,628 Goodge Street. 399 00:40:49,677 --> 00:40:52,871 The King and Queen's own Goodge Street it's not the best of places. 400 00:40:52,922 --> 00:40:56,916 Badly sprung mattresses, lumpy cushions, eggy smell in the corridor 401 00:40:56,965 --> 00:40:59,800 and there's bedbugs and crabs. 402 00:40:59,849 --> 00:41:02,762 Terrible choice, Mr Tronstad. 403 00:41:02,813 --> 00:41:06,007 I'm sorry. Do I know you? 404 00:41:06,056 --> 00:41:07,969 Leif Tronstad. 405 00:41:08,018 --> 00:41:11,853 Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the NTH in Trondheim. 406 00:41:11,903 --> 00:41:14,456 Sped through the diploma studies, 407 00:41:14,507 --> 00:41:17,300 became the youngest professor in the faculty at age 33. 408 00:41:17,351 --> 00:41:20,463 Now the foremost expert in the world on heavy water 409 00:41:20,514 --> 00:41:23,268 and responsible for building the factory that lies in the place 410 00:41:23,318 --> 00:41:26,911 with a name on it that... I'll be able to pronounce. 411 00:41:26,961 --> 00:41:28,594 Rjukan. 412 00:41:28,643 --> 00:41:32,318 Rjukan. Told you. 413 00:41:32,367 --> 00:41:35,442 Welcome to London, Mr Tronstad. 414 00:41:35,492 --> 00:41:39,496 If you care to follow me, we've been expecting you. 415 00:41:46,344 --> 00:41:49,378 Leif Tronstad. I heard you were on the premises. 416 00:41:49,429 --> 00:41:53,432 I'm Colonel John Skinner Wilson. Eric Welsh sends his regards. 417 00:41:53,594 --> 00:41:55,865 How's everybody at home, your wife, children? 418 00:41:55,916 --> 00:41:57,068 They are well, thank you. 419 00:41:57,117 --> 00:41:59,471 - You've already met Captain Smith. - Kind of. 420 00:41:59,521 --> 00:42:02,514 Julie works in intelligence here. She's head of Norwegian operations. 421 00:42:02,563 --> 00:42:05,117 I'm currently setting up lines of communication in Norway, 422 00:42:05,166 --> 00:42:08,601 - as well as training field agents. - Really, but you're a... 423 00:42:08,650 --> 00:42:12,085 Yes, I'm a woman. How very observant of you, Professor Tronstad. 424 00:42:12,135 --> 00:42:14,327 I'm also your superior officer. 425 00:42:14,378 --> 00:42:16,971 I grew up with five brothers and can outrun every one of them. 426 00:42:17,021 --> 00:42:19,054 Don't underestimate Captain Smith, Tronstad. 427 00:42:19,103 --> 00:42:21,335 She can tell you the last time you smoked a cigarette. 428 00:42:21,387 --> 00:42:23,219 Been following you for the last four hours. 429 00:42:23,268 --> 00:42:24,981 Right. Tell us what you know. 430 00:42:25,030 --> 00:42:27,664 Production's gone up five times in the last year. 431 00:42:27,713 --> 00:42:29,545 The first deliveries are on their way. 432 00:42:29,596 --> 00:42:31,347 They have double the amount of fuel cells 433 00:42:31,398 --> 00:42:32,949 and are constantly hiring people. 434 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:34,632 And the new director of the factory? 435 00:42:34,681 --> 00:42:37,436 Bjorn Henriksen, Aubert's right-hand man. 436 00:42:37,485 --> 00:42:39,237 A wolf in sheep's clothing. 437 00:42:39,288 --> 00:42:41,599 They've been placed in the factory to bear the brunt, 438 00:42:41,650 --> 00:42:43,202 but he's no lightweight. 439 00:42:43,251 --> 00:42:46,206 He personally brought in the army during a strike at the factory 440 00:42:46,255 --> 00:42:49,048 and he is reported to have been in favour of the king abdicating 441 00:42:49,099 --> 00:42:50,251 after the invasion. 442 00:42:50,300 --> 00:42:53,213 Oh, dear. They call themselves De Uranverein, 443 00:42:53,264 --> 00:42:54,255 the Uranium Club. 444 00:42:54,306 --> 00:42:57,539 They've gathered together the best scientists in the country. 445 00:42:57,588 --> 00:43:00,503 People like von Weizsacker, Bagge, Hahn and of course 446 00:43:00,552 --> 00:43:03,065 Werner Heisenberg, the Nobel Prize winner. 447 00:43:03,115 --> 00:43:06,110 Kurt Diebner runs the project. 448 00:43:06,159 --> 00:43:08,391 They're based at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut, 449 00:43:08,442 --> 00:43:11,195 but of course the whole thing's actually run by the Waffenamt 450 00:43:11,246 --> 00:43:13,277 with the sole aim of creating an atomic bomb. 451 00:43:13,327 --> 00:43:15,561 We still don't know how far they've got, 452 00:43:15,610 --> 00:43:17,963 but with this new order for five tonnes of heavy water, 453 00:43:18,014 --> 00:43:19,686 we have every reason to fear the worst. 454 00:43:19,735 --> 00:43:21,367 You can start with these, Tronstad. 455 00:43:21,418 --> 00:43:23,570 Taken from 3,000 feet, so not perfect. 456 00:43:23,619 --> 00:43:25,411 We had a plane over yesterday. 457 00:43:25,463 --> 00:43:27,335 Here's the factory, there's the bridge. 458 00:43:27,385 --> 00:43:28,976 Check for any changes... 459 00:43:29,027 --> 00:43:32,661 building, transport and access, roads and paths. 460 00:43:32,710 --> 00:43:35,664 Thank you. And also all routines. 461 00:43:35,715 --> 00:43:37,867 Employees, guards, management. 462 00:43:37,916 --> 00:43:41,922 Names, affiliations, wives, children, girlfriends, mistresses... 463 00:43:42,282 --> 00:43:43,673 anything you get hold of. 464 00:43:43,724 --> 00:43:46,918 Every last little scrap, however inconsequential it may seem. 465 00:43:46,967 --> 00:43:48,360 We'll do all the sifting through. 466 00:43:48,409 --> 00:43:50,681 You'll get your own office with everything you need... 467 00:43:50,733 --> 00:43:52,844 copies, photos, estimates. 468 00:43:52,894 --> 00:43:54,606 We've built a base camp in Scotland, 469 00:43:54,657 --> 00:43:56,409 so we're all flying up there tomorrow. 470 00:43:56,458 --> 00:43:58,731 So you couldn't have arrived at a better moment. 471 00:43:58,782 --> 00:44:00,653 What are you planning on doing? 472 00:44:00,704 --> 00:44:02,697 What are YOU planning on doing? 473 00:44:02,746 --> 00:44:05,099 Stopping them, of course. 474 00:44:05,150 --> 00:44:09,153 There are plenty of Norwegians with local knowledge and technical ability. We could send over... 475 00:44:09,795 --> 00:44:13,800 I don't think that's your decision, do you, Mr Tronstad? 476 00:44:15,842 --> 00:44:17,233 We're at war. 477 00:44:17,284 --> 00:44:21,289 You're still playing at war.