Two Lives

Overview

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?

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 19, 2012

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German, Norwegian

Countries

Germany, Norway

Production

B&T Film,Helgeland Film,Zinnober Film- und Fernsehproduktion

Cast

Thomas Lawinky,Ken Duken,Ursula Werner,Juliane Köhler,Jürgen Rißmann,Vicky Krieps,Daniel Krauss,Sven Nordin,Christian Steyer,Holger Handtkeand 10 more

Director

Georg Maas

Writer

Georg Maas,Ståle Stein Berg,Christoph Tölle,Hannelore Hippe,Judith Kaufmann

Producer

Rudi Teichmann,Axel Helgeland,Dieter Zeppenfeld

Cinematography

Judith Kaufmann

Music

Christoph Kaiser,Julian Maas

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

$1,649,260

IMDb

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