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damals war

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back then was Often followed by a person or thing being described.
GE: Damals war das Leben ruhiger.
EN: Back then, life was quieter.

Ich weiß nicht mehr genau, was damals war.

I don't remember exactly what happened back then.

— Suzume (2022)

Damals war Musik für uns alles.

Back then, music was everything to us.

Damals war er drei Jahre alt.

He was three years old at the time.

— Der letzte Kaiser (1987)

Damals war ich glücklich.

I was happy back then.

Damals war ihr Anführer Sultana, nun war es Sultan.

Back then, their leader was Sultana; now it was Sultan.

— Gangs of Wasseypur - Teil 1 (2012)

Damals war das Leben leichter.

Life was easier back then.

Damals war es einfacher.

Things were simpler back then.

— Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Damals war ich nicht obdachlos.

Back then, I wasn't homeless.

Damals war sie unverheiratet.

At that time she was unmarried.

Damals war eine komplizierte Zeit.

Those were complicated times.

— Die Reue (1987)

Das ist, wie es damals war.

That's how it was back then.

Damals war es schon trostlos.

It was already bleak back then.

— Schmetterling und Taucherglocke (2007)

Damals war ich noch ein Kind.

I was still a child back then.

Und nein, damals war ich nicht der geistige Riese, den ihr hier seht.

And no, back then I wasn't the intellectual giant you see here.

— Der Club der toten Dichter (1989)

Damals war Suzume erst vier.

Back then, Suzume was only four.

— Suzume (2022)

Damals war er in der Kaserne.

Back then, he was in the barracks.

— Die fabelhafte Welt der Amélie (2001)

Damals war ich hier.

I was here back then.

— American Gangster (2007)

Damals war sie schwanger.

She was pregnant at the time.

— Erinnerungen an Marnie (2014)

Damals war die Titanic das größte Schiff der Welt.

Back then, the Titanic was the largest ship in the world.

Damals war es nicht nötig, jemanden zu töten.

Back then, it wasn't necessary to kill anyone.

— Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Damals war ich noch Studentin.

At that time I was still a student.

— The Garden of Sinners: Paradoxe Helix (2008)