Two Lives

Drama/History, Germany/Norway 2012

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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?
96 min
HD
FSK 12
Audio language:
German

Awards

Five Lakes Film Festival 2013 Screenplay Award
German Film Award 2014 Lola - Film Award in Bronze, Best Feature Film Lola - Film Award in Gold, Best Editing
Biberach Film Festival 2012 "Golden Beaver

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Director:

Georg Maas

Cast:

Juliane Köhler (Katrine)

Liv Ullmann (Ase Evensen)

Sven Nordin (Bjarte)

Julia Bache-Wiig (Anne)

Ken Duken (Sven Solbach)

Rainer Bock (Hugo)

Thomas Lawinky (Kahlmann)

Vicky Krieps (Kathrin Lehnhaber)

Ursula Werner (Hiltrud)

Original title:

Zwei Leben

Original language:

German

Further titles:

Dos vidas

To liv

Format:

16:9 HD, Color

Ratings:

FBW "especially valuable"

Age rating:

FSK 12

Audio language:

German