Twin Sisters

Twin Sisters

Director

Release

  • 2005

Time

  • 137 minutes

Rating

12

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.

Twin Sisters

Awards

2004 Academy Awards

Nominated

  • Best Film - Foreign Language

Featured Clips

Twin Sisters - Barbarians

Twin Sisters - Barbarians

Twin Sisters - One and 100 Letters

Twin Sisters - One and 100 Letters

Twin Sisters - Secret Seperation

Twin Sisters - Secret Seperation

Twin Sisters - Consequences of Love

Twin Sisters - Consequences of Love

Twin Sisters - Torn Apart

Twin Sisters - Torn Apart

Twin Sisters - A Pivotal Discovery

Twin Sisters - A Pivotal Discovery

Twin Sisters - Different Fates

Twin Sisters - Different Fates

Twin Sisters - Sterilized

Twin Sisters - Sterilized

Twin Sisters - The Reunion

Twin Sisters - The Reunion

Twin Sisters - It Runs in our Family

Twin Sisters - It Runs in our Family

Now Playing: Twin Sisters - Barbarians
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)