Twin Sisters

Starring

Writers

Director

Ben Sombogaart

Producers

Release

2005

Time

137 minutes

Rating

Synopsis

Sisters Lotte and Anna become orphans by the age of six. One is sent to live a life of privilege with wealthy relatives in the Netherlands, while the other stays in Germany to face a harsh existence on her uncle’s farm. When they reconnect years later, they not only discover that their lives have taken drastically different paths but, following Germany’s invasion of Holland, they find themselves pitted on opposite sides of the war.

Awards

2004 Academy Awards

Nominated

Best Film - Foreign Language

Featured Clips

Twin Sisters - Barbarians

Twin Sisters - One and 100 Letters

Twin Sisters - Secret Seperation

Twin Sisters - Consequences of Love

Twin Sisters - Torn Apart

Twin Sisters - A Pivotal Discovery

Twin Sisters - Different Fates

Twin Sisters - Sterilized

Twin Sisters - The Reunion

Twin Sisters - It Runs in our Family

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Starring: Betty Schuurman, Jaap Spijkers, Thekla Reuten

When Lotte confronts the Rockanjes about her unsent letters, she learns the painful truth about what happened to her sister. In this scene: Mother Rockanje (Betty Schuurman), Father Rockanje (Jaap Spijkers), Lotte (Thekla Reuten)