''Two Times Lotte'' () is a 1950 West German film, directed by

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and starring

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, Isa, and Jutta Günther.Davidson & Hake p. 237 It was made by

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at the

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near

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, and its sets were designed by the

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and

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. Based on the 1949 children's novel of the same name by

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, who also provided the screenplay and narration, ''Two Times Lotte'' is a faithful adaptation of the book compared to

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's better known version released eleven years later.

Plot

As with the novel, the film follows the story of Luise Palfy and Lotte Körner, identical twin girls who were separated at two years old when their parents, Ludwig Palfy and Luiselotte Körner, divorced and split them up. Reuniting at a German all-girls'

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seven and a half years later, the two sisters switch places to be with the parents they were parted from.

Cast

References

Bibliography

* Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. ''Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany''. Berghahn Books, 2007.

External links

* 1950 films 1950 comedy films German comedy films West German films 1950s German-language films Films based on Lottie and Lisa Films directed by Josef von Báky German black-and-white films 1950s German films Films shot at Bavaria Studios Films scored by Alois Melichar {{1950s-Germany-comedy-film-stub