Twice Upon a Time (1953 film)

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Twice Upon a Time
Twice Upon a Time (1953), poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEmeric Pressburger
Written byEmeric Pressburger (screenplay)
Erich Kästner (novel)
Produced byEmeric Pressburger
StarringHugh Williams
Elizabeth Allan
Yolande Larthe
Charmian Larthe
CinematographyChristopher Challis
Edited byReginald Beck
Music byFrederick Lewis
Distributed byLondon Film Productions
Release date
6 July 1953
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£102,000[1]

Twice Upon a Time is a 1953 British comedy film directed by Emeric Pressburger and starring Hugh Williams, Elizabeth Allan, Yolande Larthe, and Charmian Larthe. Based on the 1949 book Lottie and Lisa by Erich Kästner. It concerns twin sisters who are separated when their parents divorce. They meet again by accident when they are sent to the same summer camp, and they hatch a plan to reunite their parents.

Lotte and Lisa had already been adapted into the films Two Times Lotte (1950) and Hibari no komoriuta (1951). Twice Upon a Time was the first English-language film adaptation; the story was later adapted as The Parent Trap (1961) and has been remade a number of times in English and many other languages.

The film is the only solo directing credit for Pressburger, whose other directing credits are in association with Michael Powell.

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  1. ^ Kevin Macdonald (1994). Emeric Pressburger: The Life and Death of a Screenwriter. Faber and Faber. p. 335. ISBN 978-0-571-16853-8.


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