Two Lives
She built one life on love, the other on deceit
2012 | 97m | German
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | Georg Maas, Judith Kaufmann |
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| Writer: | Georg Maas, Ståle Stein Berg, Judith Kaufmann, Hannelore Hippe, Christoph Tölle |
| Staring: |
| 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? | |
| Release Date: | Oct 19, 2012 |
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| Director: | Georg Maas, Judith Kaufmann |
| Writer: | Georg Maas, Ståle Stein Berg, Judith Kaufmann, Hannelore Hippe, Christoph Tölle |
| Genres: | Drama, Thriller |
| Keywords | germany, berlin wall, norway, trial, 1990s |
| Production Companies | B&T Film, Helgeland Film, Zinnober Film- und Fernsehproduktion |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $1,649,260
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 10, 2026 Entered: Jan 10, 2026 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Juliane Köhler | Katrine |
| Liv Ullmann | Ase Evensen |
| Sven Nordin | Bjarte |
| Ken Duken | Sven Solbach |
| Dennis Storhøi | Hogseth |
| Vicky Krieps | Kathrin Lehnhaber |
| Rainer Bock | Hugo |
| Ursula Werner | Hiltrud |
| Jürgen Rißmann | Lattoch |
| Julia Bache-Wiig | Anne |
| Holger Handtke | German man |
| Daniel Krauss | German TV Journalist |
| Thomas Lawinky | Kahlmann |
| Ralf Dittrich | Clerk |
| Klara Manzel | Young Katrine Evensen |
| Christian Steyer | Archivist |
| Mathias Harrebye-Brandt | Danish Interrogator |
| Ellen Brigitte Winthe | Marit |
| Thorbjørn Harr | Young Bjarte Myrdal |
| Hubert Weber | Strassbourg Committee |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Georg Maas | Screenplay, Director |
| Ståle Stein Berg | Screenplay |
| Simone Bär | Casting |
| Tamara Marini | Art Direction |
| Dag Martin Bakken | Stunt Driver |
| Judith Kaufmann | Screenplay, Co-Director, Director of Photography |
| Peter Kreutz | Line Producer |
| Kjersti Paulsen | Casting |
| Kristine Wilhelmsen | Art Direction |
| Hannelore Hippe | Novel |
| Christoph Kaiser | Original Music Composer |
| Christoph Tölle | Screenplay |
| Karoline Oppedal | Casting |
| Bader El Hindi | Production Design |
| Karoline Wilhelmsen | Art Direction |
| Ute Paffendorf | Costume Design |
| Hansjörg Weissbrich | Editor |
| Julian Maas | Original Music Composer |
| Pål Morten Hverven | Stunt Coordinator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Rudi Teichmann | Producer |
| Dieter Zeppenfeld | Producer |
| Jörg Westerkamp | Co-Producer |
| Axel Helgeland | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 |
| 2024 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 4 |
| 2024 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 3 |
| 2024 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 4 |
| 2024 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 3 |
| 2024 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 3 |
| 2024 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 3 |
| 2024 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 715 | 918 |