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Once There Was a War [Der var engang en krig]

Release Year
1966
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Drama
War
Directed By
Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt
Once There Was a War

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 & Crew

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

Crew

Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt

Director

Claus Loof

Director of Photography

Ole Steen

Editor

Henning Bahs

Production Design

Klaus Rifbjerg

Writer

Birger Lind

Assistant Editor

Niels Ishøy

Sound

Hans W. Sørensen

Sound

Peter Klitgaard

Sound Assistant

Per Grubbe

Still Photographer

Arne Abrahamsen

Assistant Camera

Lotte Dandanell

Costumer

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