The Parent Trap is a movie directed by David Swift in 1961 and based on the book Lottie and Lisa by Erich Kästner, first published in 1949. The movie features Hayley Mills, Maureen O’Hara, Brian Keith, Charles Ruggles, Una Merkel, Leo G. Carroll, and others.
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Storyline
Identical twins Sharon McKendrick and Susan Evers meet at Miss Inch’s Summer Camp for Girls, unaware that they are sisters. Their identical appearance initially creates rivalry, and they pull pranks on each other. After discovering that they both come from single-parent homes, they soon realize they are twin sisters and that their parents, divorced shortly after their birth, with each parent having custody of one of them.
Movie vs Book
Year
1961
Minutes
129
Movie Rate
7.10
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Parent Trap
Director: David Swift
Country: USA
Year: 1961
Length: 2h9m
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Year
1949
Pages
136
Book Rate
8.26
S: Goodreads
Book
Lottie and Lisa
Original title: Das doppelte Lottchen
Author: Erich Kästner
Country: Germany
First published in: 1949
Length: 136 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Andy Tennant
Movie by Nancy Meyers
User polls & recommendations
“The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. That’s why we go to movies and say, “Oh, the book is better.”
PAULO COELHO (Writer)
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