The parent trap - The Parent Trap (1998 film)

The Parent Trap (1961)

I loved Das doppelte Lottchen the German original absolutely to pieces when I was a child and I have also watched and greatly enjoyed the German film version multiple times the one from 1954 that had author Erich Kästner write the actual screen play ; it is much more authentic than the generally more well-known and famous The Parent Trap the original, starring Hayley Mills which took some rather huge and for me, unforgivable, liberties with the plot and while I do realise that many seem to I loved Das doppelte Lottchen the German original absolutely to pieces when I was a child and I have also watched and greatly enjoyed the German film version multiple times the one from 1954 that had author Erich Kästner write the actual screen play ; it is much more authentic than the generally more well-known and famous The Parent Trap the original, starring Hayley Mills which took some rather huge and for me, unforgivable, liberties with the plot and while I do realise that many seem to very much adore the latter movie, for me, it just veers too much and too far from the original to ever be fully enjoyable.