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Charlie & Louise - Das doppelte Lottchen

1994 · 98 min Family Comedy
6.0 / 10 · TMDB

The two twelve-year-old girls Charlotte Palfy and Louise Kröger meet on a language trip to Scotland and discover that they are twins who were separated shortly after birth. Charlotte, the daughter of a music hall composer, is cool, self-confident and cheeky, dresses accordingly and listens to techno music. Louise, who grew up with her mother, an advertising executive, wears more "old-fashioned" clothes, is shy and reserved, but conscientious and orderly. Determined to play fate, the two swap roles - at the end of the journey, Louise travels as Charlie to her father, who works as a composer in Berlin-Kreuzberg, while Charlie travels as Louise to her mother in Hamburg, where she works in an advertising agency. The girls realize that getting their parents back together is not as easy as they thought.

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Year 1994
Country Germany
Genre Family, Comedy
Director Joseph Vilsmaier
Runtime 98 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.0/10 (28 votes)

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The film constructs its narrative on the stark contrast between the twins' personalities and upbringings, exploring the classic 'parent trap' premise with a 90s German flair. It relies on the genuine chemistry of its young leads to sell the far-fetched but heartfelt scheme.

What lingers after the credits is a sense of gentle optimism and the charming conviction that a child's clever plan might just mend a broken family. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Joseph Vilsmaier

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