Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie

Kidskycom It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

Josephina Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

MartinHafer To understand the plot in "Two Lives", perhaps a bit of a history lesson is in order. Back during WWII, the Nazis wanted to greatly increase the number of Aryans and in order to do so they created the 'Lebensborn' program. It was a series of maternity centers for young mothers and German soldiers were encouraged to impregnate good Aryan girls--both Germans, Norwegians and other 'acceptable' ethnic groups. Marriage was not a major concern...they just wanted babies..healthy Nordic looking babies for the Third Reich. In essence, these were state sponsored baby mills and the children were taken from their mothers to be raised by the state.The story picks up around the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1990. A young Norwegian lawyer has just approached Katrine (Juliane Köhler) about a lawsuit. It seems that Katrine and her mother are unique in that although her mother, Ase (Liv Ullman), was part of the Lebensborn program since she had married a German soldier and had a baby by him, she was unique because well after the war she is one of the only mothers who eventually found her child after she'd been forcibly taken by the Nazis. It seems that Katrine escaped communist East Germany as a young adult and eventually was reunited with her mother in Norway. Yet, inexplicably, many years later, Katrine is angry and wants nothing to do with this quest for justice...even though her mother is more than willing to cooperate. Why does Katrine demand secrecy and why does she go to Germany to destroy some of the Lebensborn records? Could Katrine actually be someone other than Ase's daughter? And, if so, why did she assume this woman's identity?The most amazing thing about this film is that it's based on actual cases...cases where duplicates were sent back into Norway...duplicates which claimed to be children from the Lebensborn who were returning to their mothers! Overall, a fascinating and well made film--one that is well worth seeing and profoundly interesting as well as sad.

Claudio Carvalho In Norway, Katrine Evensen Myrdal (Juliane Köhler) is a middle-aged woman happily married with Navy Commander Bjarte Myrdal (Sven Nordin). Katrine loves her daughter Anne (Julia Bache-Wiig) that is a single mother; her granddaughter Turid; and her mother Ase Evensen (Liv Ullmann) that helps Anne to raise Turid. Katrine's father was a German occupation soldier during the World War II and Katrine was taken by the German government and raised in the Sachsen Orphanage in East Germany. At the age of 20, Katrine escapes from East Germany and comes to Norway to meet her mother. In November 1990, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the German lawyer Sven Solbach (Ken Duken) seeks Katrine and her mother out to give the testimony in a trial against the Norwegian state on behalf of the war children. Katrine refuses to testify, but Ase accepts and turns the life of her daughter upside-down when Sven discloses hidden dark secrets from her life. "Zwei Leben" is a spectacular German-Norwegian film with a credible story of espionage, drama, love and thriller based on true events unknown for great part of the world. The screenplay is very well written, disclosing the truth about the mysterious Katrine through flashbacks like a puzzle. The performances are top-notch, highlighting the fantastic German actress Juliane Köhler from "Aimée & Jaguar", "Nowhere in Africa" and "Downfall" among other great movies. It is different to see Liv Ullmann an old lady after so many movies by Ingmar Bergman. In the end, "Zwei Lebe" is a highly recommended movie with an engaging sad story. My vote is nine.Title (Brazil): "Duas Vidas" ("Two Lives")

samkan The acting in TWO LIVES is top notch, not to mention the beautiful Liv Ulmann playing-get this-a great-grandmother superbly. The film is based on true events; i.e., the Nazi taking of Nordic infants to replenish Aryan blood with the post-war pack of returned children infiltrated with communist spies. The best scenes are in the middle of the film when we squirm and cringe watching Juliene Krohler struggling to keep her deception afloat. Sven Nodrin is also great as the husband suspending disbelief to keep his marriage afloat. Notwithstanding, the attempts to persuade us to forgive Katrine's deceit arrive too late in the film and the violence at the end, in hindsight, appears unnecessary to achieve TWO LIVES' ends. More tragic effect is actually achieved by the scene of Ullmann's empty eyes staring through the window. I forgive the shortcomings at the end of the movie, however, for the suspense and intrigue generated.

OJT A tight, clever and well done drama based on similar true events, as much a a psychological thriller which is not difficult to recommend. Straight away I got the same feeling as when I saw the German Oscar winning film Das leben der Anderen (The life of others) back in 2006. And this Norwegian/German story has similar elements in some ways, though not to be exaggerated, with consequences going back to when the Berlin wall fell, in this great casted movie which has managed to make Liv Ullmann making a comeback.In a thriller-like manner we follow a woman in 1990 hiding her identity before going into a children's home archives in Germany in search of a secret. Then we jump to Norway, two weeks earlier to find out why this search has started, then understanding the woman is a German with a family living in Norway. We watch her being confronted with old memories, when a lawyer with German accent approaches her at work, wanting her to participate in a lawsuit regarding the so called Lebensborn-kids deported to Germany due to them having a German father during the second world war. The trouble is that she has a secret history in her life, which now is threatening to surface...Lebensborn is a dark page in the past war history. During the second world war many German soldiers had relationships to Norwegian women. The women was called German-whores due to the hard feeling between the two countries in war. Due to Nazi ideology the children of these relationships was seen upon as extremely valuable, as pure aryan raced kids. Lebensborn was forced adoptions of these small "children of shame" during and after the occupation, bringing them to Germany as orphans, losing their parents. This story is based in these tragic destinies.The film keeps interest way through, and is well acted and directed. A strong story making lives difficult several decades later.