Film

Phoenix

A Gripping Noirish Study of Treachery, Identity and Survival.

6.8

1h 38m

2014

“A Gripping Noirish Study of Treachery, Identity and Survival.”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Christian Petzold

Trailer

Drama

berlin, germanybased on novel or bookworld war iiauschwitz-birkenau concentration campsingingdisfigured faceconcentration camp survivorneo-noirface bandage