Phoenix (2014)
12
08/05/2015 (GB)
Drama
1h 38m
- 68% (438 votes)
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A Gripping Noirish Study of Treachery, Identity and Survival.
Overview
German-Jewish cabaret singer Nelly survived Auschwitz but had to undergo reconstructive surgery as her face was disfigured. Without recognizing Nelly, her former husband Johnny asks her to help him claim his wife’s inheritance. To see if he betrayed her, she agrees, becoming her own doppelganger.
- Christian PetzoldDirector, Screenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Revenue
$3,184,472
Keywords
- berlin, germany
- based on novel or book
- world war ii
- auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp
- singing
- disfigured face
- concentration camp survivor
- neo-noir
- face bandage
Top Billed 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
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Transit (68%)
