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.

Drama War

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