Once There Was a War
1966-11-16The 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.

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.

Tim
Ole Busck

Tim's father
Kjeld Jacobsen

Tim's mother
Astrid Villaume

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

Lis
Yvonne Ingdal

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

Markus' mother
Birgit Brüel
Frank
Gregers Ussing

Friend
Jørgen Beck

Friend's wife
Elsa Kourani
Headmaster
Henry Skjær

Gymnastics teacher
Holger Perfort
Mathematics teacher
Niels Barfoed

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

Jens Oliver Henriksen
Edith Hermansen