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Once There Was a War
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Once There Was a War

1966
Directed byPalle Kjærulff-Schmidt
1h 32m

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 BusckTimKjeld JacobsenTim's fatherAstrid VillaumeTim's mother
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Katja Miehe-RenardKate – Tim's sister
Birgit Bendix MadsenJane – Tim's sister
Christian GottschalchTim's grandfather
Yvonne IngdalLis
Karen Marie LøwertLis' mother
Jan Heinig HansenMarkus – Tim's friend
Birgit BrüelMarkus' mother
DETAILS
GENRES
DramaWar
STATUSReleased
RATING
6.1

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