Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time

75 mins | Drama, Romance, Fantasy | March 10, 1922

The Princess of Illyria has spurned every suitor, when a gypsy loitering around the castle catches her eye. In actuality, he is the Prince of Denmark, there with his friend Kasper Røghat. The prince captivates her with magic devices, a noisemaker and a copper kettle, in return for kisses and a night in her bedchamber. When Kasper Røghat tells the king about the “affair,” the princess is thrown out of the castle, forcing her to settle in Denmark with the prince and work as a poor potter. Will the fairytale have a happy ending?

Once Upon a Time

75 mins | Drama, Romance, Fantasy | March 10, 1922

Once Upon a Time
The Princess of Illyria has spurned every suitor, when a gypsy loitering around the castle catches her eye. In actuality, he is the Prince of Denmark, there with his friend Kasper Røghat. The prince captivates her with magic devices, a noisemaker and a copper kettle, in return for kisses and a night in her bedchamber. When Kasper Røghat tells the king about the “affair,” the princess is thrown out of the castle, forcing her to settle in Denmark with the prince and work as a poor potter. Will the fairytale have a happy ending?
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Sophus Madsen Film
Original title Der var engang
Directors Carl Theodor Dreyer
Writers Palle Rosenkrantz, Holger Drachmann, Carl Theodor Dreyer

Cast

Clara Pontoppidan

as The Princess of Illyria

Svend Methling

as The Prince of Denmark

Peter Jerndorff

as The King of Illyria

Hakon Ahnfelt-Rønne

as Kaspar Røghat

Mohamed Archer

as 1ste frier

Bodil Faber

as 3die hofdame

Torben Meyer

as Master of Ceremonies

Karen Poulsen

as Bolette Fadebursterne

Valdemar Schiøler Linck

as Papegøje-Kammerherren

Viggo Wiehe

as Schweitzeren

Henry Larsen

as 2den frier

Lili Lani

as 1ste hofdame

Zun Zimmermann

as 2den hofdame

Emilie Walbom

as Køgemesterinden

Lars Madsen

as Bissekræmmeren

Wilhelmine Henriksen

as "Doktor-Dorthe"

Frederik Leth

as Kulsvieren

Musse Scheel

as Overhovmesterinde