
Charlie & Louise - Das doppelte Lottchen
Seen it?1994 | 98 min | Family, Comedy
Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh and families. If you loved Freaky Friday or Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, start here.
- The mood
- Light and funny, feel-good.
- The pace
- Breezy, at 1 hr 38 min.
- What might put you off
- No age rating on record, so check it first for young kids.
- It's in German, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
The two twelve-year-old girls Charlotte Palfy and Louise Kröger meet on a language trip to Scotland and discover that they are twins who were separated shortly after birth. Charlotte, the daughter of a music hall composer, is cool, self-confident and cheeky, dresses accordingly and listens to techno music. Louise, who grew up with her mother, an advertising executive, wears more "old-fashioned" clothes, is shy and reserved, but conscientious and orderly. Determined to play fate, the two swap roles - at the end of the journey, Louise travels as Charlie to her father, who works as a composer in Berlin-Kreuzberg, while Charlie travels as Louise to her mother in Hamburg, where she works in an advertising agency. The girls realize that getting their parents back together is not as easy as they thought.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 2K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Joseph Vilsmaier
- Fritzi EichhornCharlotte Palfy
- Floriane EichhornLouise Kröger
- Heiner LauterbachWolf Palfy
- Corinna HarfouchSabine Kröger
- Hanns ZischlerDieter Reich
- Hans-Werner MeyerJochen
- April HailerSunny
- Albert KitzlSüle
- Jan WilsonMiss Bishop
- Karin RasenackSecretary