Phoenix

“A Gripping Noirish Study of Treachery, Identity and Survival.”

6.8(496)20141h 38m

Drama

In the aftermath of WWII, German-Jewish cabaret singer Nelly has to undergo facial reconstructive surgery following her survival from Auschwitz. Without recognising Nelly, her former husband Johnny asks her to help him claim his wife’s inheritance. To see if he's betrayed her, she agrees, becoming her own doppelgänger.

Director

Christian Petzold

Revenue

$5.9M

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Cast

Nina Hoss

Nelly Lenz

Ronald Zehrfeld

Johnny Lenz

Nina Kunzendorf

Lene Winter

Trystan Pütter

Soldat an Brücke

Michael Maertens

Arzt

Imogen Kogge

Elisabeth

Felix Römer

Geiger

Uwe Preuss

Clubbesitzer

Valerie Koch

Tänzerin

Eva Bay

Tänzerin

Jeff Burrell

Soldat im Club

Nikola Kastner

Junge Frau

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Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

2mo ago

7.0

With much of Germany in ruins following the end of the War, "Nelly" (Nina Hoss) returns to a Berlin that is almost as unrecognisable to her as her recently reconstructed face is to everyone else. She hasn't any money, but the kindly "Mrs. Winter" (Nina Kunzendorf) and her housekeeper "Elizabeth" (Imogen Kogge) take her in. It's whilst "Nelly" is revisiting some of their pre-war haunts that she enc...