Two Lives
Seen it?2012 | 97 min | Drama, Thriller
Saturday Specialearly ratingWhy it’s a Saturday Special
It earned strong reviews (62 on Metacritic), despite almost no lasting buzz. A strong pick for the weekend.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 37 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in German, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
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?
How it earned its rating
- CriticsStrong
62 on Metacritic
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsWeak
0 wins and 1 nomination from smaller awards and festivals
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$2 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 9K people sought it out in the past year, and interest is climbing
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Cast & crew
Directed by Georg Maas
- Juliane KöhlerKatrine
- Liv UllmannAse Evensen
- Sven NordinBjarte
- Ken DukenSven Solbach
- Dennis StorhøiHogseth
- Vicky KriepsKathrin Lehnhaber
- Rainer BockHugo
- Ursula WernerHiltrud
- Jürgen RißmannLattoch
- Julia Bache-WiigAnne