Once There Was a War
"Portrait of a boy."
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
Crew
Ole Steen
Editor
Henning Bahs
Production Design
Claus Loof
Director of Photography
Klaus Rifbjerg
Writer
Birger Lind
Assistant Editor
Helge Hansen
Props
Bo Christensen
Production Manager
Tom Hedegaard
Assistant Director
Lotte Dandanell
Costumer
Arne Abrahamsen
Assistant Camera
Peter Klitgaard
Sound Assistant
Gytte Petersen
Continuity
Niels Ishøy
Sound
Per Grubbe
Still Photographer
Hans W. Sørensen
Sound
Helge Daurup
Production Assistant
Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt
Director