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Once There Was a War is a danois film of genre Drama directed by Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt with Kjeld Jacobsen

Once There Was a War (1966)

Once There Was a War
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Length 1h35
OriginDanemark
Genres Drama,    War
Rating67% 3.396373.396373.396373.396373.39637

Once There Was a War (Danish: Der var engang en krig) is a 1966 Danish drama film directed by Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt. The film was selected as the Danish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 40th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

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Kjeld Jacobsen

(Tim's father)Astrid Villaume

(Tim's mother)Yvonne Ingdal

(Lis)Birgit Brüel

(Markus' mother)Jørgen Beck

(Friend)Edith Hermansen
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