Top Cast
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Odd Børretzen
Grandfather (voice)
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Sossen Krohg
Grandmother (voice)
Overview
An elderly man tells his granddaughter his personal story of the Second World War. His life as a child and all the strange characters he populates it with takes the little girl to a bizarre world she doesn't understand.
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