Once There Was a War
16/11/1966
2h



The film is a window into the world of fifteen-year-old Tim, sharing his joys and sorrows and his first encounter with love, during the German occupation of Denmark in World War II.
Cast


Ole Busck
Tim


Kjeld Jacobsen
Tim's father


Astrid Villaume
Tim's mother


Katja Miehe-Renard
Kate – Tim's sister
Birgit Bendix Madsen
Jane – Tim's sister
Christian Gottschalch
Tim's grandfather


Yvonne Ingdal
Lis


Karen Marie Løwert
Lis' mother
Jan Heinig Hansen
Markus – Tim's friend


Birgit Brüel
Markus' mother
Gregers Ussing
Frank


Jørgen Beck
Friend


Elsa Kourani
Friend's wife
Henry Skjær
Headmaster


Holger Perfort
Gymnastics teacher
Niels Barfoed
Mathematics teacher


Tommy Kenter
Schoolboy
Aase Due
German refugee in shop
Palle Kirk
German soldier
Agnete Bjørn
Telegraphist in dream


Jens Oliver Henriksen
Edith Hermansen
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