Phoenix

• 6.9 Drama
• 2014-09-25
• 98 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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)

Director:

Christian Petzold

Writer:

Christian Petzold