Once There Was a War

Portrait of a boy.

Original title: Der var engang en krig

Duration: 92 min

Release date: 1966-11-16

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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.

Drama War

Der var engang en krig

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as Tim's father

Astrid Villaume

Astrid Villaume

as Tim's mother

Katja Miehe-Renard

Katja Miehe-Renard

as Kate – Tim's sister

Birgit Bendix Madsen

Birgit Bendix Madsen

as Jane – Tim's sister

Christian Gottschalch

Christian Gottschalch

as Tim's grandfather

Karen Marie Løwert

Karen Marie Løwert

Jan Heinig Hansen

Jan Heinig Hansen

as Markus – Tim's friend

as Markus' mother

as Friend's wife

as Gymnastics teacher

as Mathematics teacher

as German refugee in shop

as German soldier

as Telegraphist in dream

Jens Oliver Henriksen

Jens Oliver Henriksen

Edith Hermansen

Edith Hermansen

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Production Design

Director of Photography

Arne Abrahamsen

Arne Abrahamsen

Assistant Camera

Production Manager

Still Photographer

Lotte Dandanell

Lotte Dandanell

Assistant Director

Hans W. Sørensen

Hans W. Sørensen

Assistant Editor

Peter Klitgaard

Peter Klitgaard

Sound Assistant

Production Assistant

Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt

Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt

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