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Two Lives

2012-10-19 · 97 min · ★ 6.6

Drama · Thriller

Europe 1990, the Berlin wall has just crumbled: Katrine, raised in East Germany, but now living in Norway for the last 20 years, is a “war child”; the result of a love relationship between a Norwegian woman and a German occupation soldier during World War II. She enjoys a happy family life with her mother, her husband, daughter and granddaughter. But when a lawyer asks her and her mother to witness in a trial against the Norwegian state on behalf of the war children, she resists. Gradually, a web of concealments and secrets is unveiled, until Katrine is finally stripped of everything, and her loved ones are forced to take a stand: What carries more weight, the life they have lived together, or the lie it is based on?

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Directors
Georg Maas
Production companies
Helgeland Film, Zinnober Film- und Fernsehproduktion, B&T Film
Countries
Germany, Norway
Status
Released
Revenue
USD 1,649,260

Top Cast

Juliane KöhlerJuliane KöhlerKatrine
Liv UllmannLiv UllmannAse Evensen
Sven NordinSven NordinBjarte
Ken DukenKen DukenSven Solbach
Dennis StorhøiDennis StorhøiHogseth
Vicky KriepsVicky KriepsKathrin Lehnhaber
Rainer BockRainer BockHugo
Ursula WernerUrsula WernerHiltrud
Jürgen RißmannJürgen RißmannLattoch
Julia Bache-WiigJulia Bache-WiigAnne
Holger HandtkeHolger HandtkeGerman man
Daniel KraussDaniel KraussGerman TV Journalist
Thomas LawinkyThomas LawinkyKahlmann
Ralf DittrichRalf DittrichClerk
Klara ManzelYoung Katrine Evensen
Christian SteyerChristian SteyerArchivist
Mathias Harrebye-BrandtMathias Harrebye-BrandtDanish Interrogator
Ellen Brigitte WintheMarit
Thorbjørn HarrThorbjørn HarrYoung Bjarte Myrdal
Hubert WeberStrassbourg Committee

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