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Phoenix

A Gripping Noirish Study of Treachery, Identity and Survival.

2014 · PG-13 · 1h 38m

Directed by Christian Petzold

6.8

TMDB audience score
524 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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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

  • Max Hopp
    Der Mann

  • Megan Gay
    Mitarbeiterin Zentralstelle Halensee

  • Kirsten Block
    Wirtin

  • Frank Seppeler
    Alfred Mohnhaupt

  • Daniela Holtz
    Sigrid

  • Kathrin Wehlisch
    Monika