Twice Upon a Time (1953 film)

Twice Upon a Time
File:Twice Upon a Time (1953), poster.jpg Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Emeric Pressburger
Produced by	Emeric Pressburger
Written by	Erich Kästner (novel) Wendy Orme Emeric Pressburger (screenplay)
Starring	Hugh Williams Elizabeth Allan Yolande Larthe Charmaine Larthe
Music by	Frederick Lewis
Cinematography	Christopher Challis
Edited by	Reginald Beck
Distributed by	London Film Productions
Release dates	6 July 1953
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Twice Upon a Time is a British 1953 comedy film, directed by Emeric Pressburger based on the book Lottie and Lisa by Erich Kästner. It concerns a pair of twin sisters who are separated, when their parents divorce. They meet again by accident, when they are both sent to the same summer camp and they hatch a plan to meet up again. Later films based on the same plot were titled The Parent Trap, Do Kaliyaan.

Cast

• Hugh Williams...James Turner
• Elizabeth Allan...Carol-Anne Bailey
• Jack Hawkins...Dr. Mathews
• Yolande Larthe...Carol Bailey
• Charmaine Larthe...Anne Bailey
• Violette Elvin...Florence la Riche
• Isabel Dean...Miss Burke
• Michael Gough...Mr. Lloyd
• Walter Fitzgerald...Professor Reynolds
• Jeanne Stuart...Mrs. Jamieson

Crew

• Producer and Director...Emeric Pressburger
• Screenwriters...Erich Kästner (from his novel "Das Doppelte Lottchen"), Wendy Orme and Emeric Pressburger
• Non-Original Music...Johannes Brahms and Carl Maria von Weber
• Cinematography...Christopher Challis
• Film Editor...Reginald Beck
• Camera operator...Freddie Francis
• Musical director...Frederick Lewis

External links

• Twice Upon a Time at IMDb