Phoenix (2014)
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.
- Date of release
- 2014-09-25
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (518)
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Christian Petzold
Casting
- 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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