Twin Sisters (2002) ( De Tweeling )

Twin Sisters (2002) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: De Tweeling
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Camerimage Awards
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( DTS 5.1 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
137 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2002 and produced in:
Netherlands ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Ben Sombogaart

Written By:
Tessa de Loo
Marieke van der Pol

Actors:
Thekla Reuten ..... Lotte
Nadja Uhl ..... Young Anna
Ellen Vogel ..... Old Lotte
Gudrun Okras ..... Old Anna
Jeroen Spitzenberger ..... David
Roman Knizka ..... Martin
Julia Koopmans ..... Lotte Bamberg, young
Sina Richardt ..... Anna Bamberg, young

Synopsis:

In 1926 in Germany, the twin sisters Anna and Lotte Bamberg are separated after the death of their parents. Anna stays in Germany with her ignorant catholic uncle and aunt in their small property, and Lotte, with tuberculosis, moves to Holland. Anna is not sent to school, to work in the farm, while Lotte is raised by an upper class family having good education. They do not have any contact with each other, but near the World War II they meet each other. Later Anna marries a young SS officer, while Lotte is engaged of a Jewish musician. Their lives follow different and opposite paths with the war. Anna never gives-up getting their reconciliation.

1920s Germany. Two Sisters aged six years, no sooner see their remaining parent buried when they are torn apart. Lotte goes to live with her upper middle class Dutch aunt in Holland, Anna to work as a farm hand on her German uncle's rural farm. The story follows their lives as they try to reconcile their differences while World War II impacts each of them on their lives and finally in old age when they meet again, with the hope that the differences in their youht can finally be reconciled.

Twin Sisters is an epic love story based on the Dutch bestseller by Tessa de Loo that has been read by more than 3.5 million readers in Holland and Germany.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 25 April, 2016.