Phoenix
2014, Film, 98 min, Drama, History, Music, German, Germany, MoviePedia score 70
A Gripping Noirish Study of Treachery, Identity and Survival.
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.
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Directed by Christian Petzold
Cast
- Nina Hoss as Nelly Lenz
- Ronald Zehrfeld as Johnny Lenz
- Nina Kunzendorf as Lene Winter
- Trystan Pütter as Soldat an der Brücke
- Michael Maertens as Arzt
- Imogen Kogge as Elisabeth
- Felix Römer as Geiger
- Uwe Preuss as Clubbesitzer
- Valerie Neuenfels as Tänzerin
- Eva Bay as Tänzerin
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