Vestø island's isolated community's prize cow is in danger of being abducted by German WWII occupation forces.
Denmark Denmark
Henning Moritzen Dirch Passer Arthur Jensen Gunnar Lemvigh Jakob Nielsen Jan Priiskorn Schmidt Dieter Eppler Karl Heinz Neumann Horst Werner Loos Avi Sagild Jerrard Tickell Inger Knoblauch Poul Thomsen Verner Tholsgaard Roger Maridia Varinka Wichfeld Muus Flemming B. Muus Cathy Rupert Vera Lynn Richard Wattis Edward Chapman Bevan Ward Allan Blanner David Collet Cyril Glynn Eric Davidson Edith Hermansen Malene Schwartz
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