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Once Upon a Time is a film of genre Drama directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer with Clara Pontoppidan
Once Upon a Time (1922)
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Add to a movie listIl était une fois (titre original : Der var engang) est un film danois muet réalisé par Carl Theodor Dreyer, sorti en 1922. Ce film est l'adaptation au cinéma d'une pièce d'Holger Drachmann.
Actors
Clara Pontoppidan
(The Princess of Illyria)
Svend Methling
(The Prince of Denmark)
Karen Poulsen
(Bolette the scullery maid)
Torben Meyer
(Master of ceremonies)
Viggo Wiehe
(The Swiss)
Gerda Madsen
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