---
title: 'Two Lives (2012)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Georg Maas'
released: '2012-10-19'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Norway'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/two-lives-2012'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1783422/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Two Lives (2012)

2012 · 97 min · Drama, Thriller · Germany, Norway

Original title: Zwei Leben

## Synopsis

Two Lives is a 2012 war drama film written and directed by Georg Maas, and starring Juliane Köhler, with Liv Ullmann. Set in Norway and Germany, it is loosely based on an unpublished novel by Hannelore Hippe since released as Ice Ages. The film explores the history of the Lebensborn or war children, born in Norway and raised in Germany. It explores the life of a grown woman who had claimed to have escaped from East Germany, where she was raised, and her Norwegian mother, with whom she is reunited.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Georg Maas](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-maas), [Judith Kaufmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/judith-kaufmann)
- **Screenplay:** [Georg Maas](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-maas), [Hannelore Hippe](https://cinepixo.com/people/hannelore-hippe), [Judith Kaufmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/judith-kaufmann), [Ståle Stein Berg](https://cinepixo.com/people/stale-stein-berg)
- **Director of Photography:** [Judith Kaufmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/judith-kaufmann)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Christoph Kaiser](https://cinepixo.com/people/christoph-kaiser)
- **Editor:** [Hansjörg Weißbrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/hansjorg-wei-brich)

## Cast

- [Sven Nordin](https://cinepixo.com/people/sven-nordin)
- [Juliane Köhler](https://cinepixo.com/people/juliane-kohler)
- [Vicky Krieps](https://cinepixo.com/people/vicky-krieps)
- [Holger Handtke](https://cinepixo.com/people/holger-handtke)
- [Ken Duken](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-duken)
- [Ralf Dittrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralf-dittrich)
- [Liv Ullmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/liv-ullmann)
- [Klara Manzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/klara-manzel)
- [Julia Bache-Wiig](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-bache-wiig)
- [Thorbjørn Harr](https://cinepixo.com/people/thorbj-rn-harr)
- [Mathias Harrebye-Brandt](https://cinepixo.com/people/mathias-harrebye-brandt)
- [Rainer Bock](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-bock)
- [Jürgen Rißmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/jurgen-ri-mann)
- [Thomas Lawinky](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-lawinky)
- [Daniel Krauss](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-krauss)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/two-lives-2012
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