Two Lives (2012)

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She built one life on love, the other on deceit

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?

Released: 2012-10-19
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Runtime: 1h 37m
Status: Released
TMDB rating: 6.6/10 from 79 votes

Directed by Georg Maas.

Top cast

Juliane Köhler as Katrine
Liv Ullmann as Ase Evensen
Sven Nordin as Bjarte
Ken Duken as Sven Solbach
Dennis Storhøi as Hogseth
Vicky Krieps as Kathrin Lehnhaber
Rainer Bock as Hugo
Ursula Werner as Hiltrud
Jürgen Rißmann as Lattoch
Julia Bache-Wiig as Anne

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Where to watch Two Lives

United States: stream on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now; watch free on Kanopy; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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