Phoenix

Phoenix

99 mins | Drama | Sept. 25, 2014

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.

Phoenix

99 mins | Drama | Sept. 25, 2014

Phoenix
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Schramm Film Koerner & Weber, Bayerischer Rundfunk, ARTE, Tempus
Original title Phoenix
Directors Ires Jung, Frederic Moriette, Christian Petzold
Writers Hubert Monteilhet, Harun Farocki, Christian Petzold

Cast

Nina Hoss

as Nelly Lenz

Ronald Zehrfeld

as Johnny Lenz

Nina Kunzendorf

as Lene Winter

Trystan Pütter

as Soldat an Brücke

Imogen Kogge

as Elisabeth

Felix Römer

as Geiger

Uwe Preuss

as Clubbesitzer

Valerie Koch

as Tänzerin

Eva Bay

as Tänzerin

Jeff Burrell

as Soldat im Club

Nikola Kastner

as Junge Frau

Max Hopp

as Der Mann

Megan Gay

as Mitarbeiterin Zentralstelle Halensee

Kirsten Block

as Wirtin

Frank Seppeler

as Alfred Mohnhaupt

Daniela Holtz

as Sigrid

Kathrin Wehlisch

as Monika

Michael Wenninger

as Walther

Claudia Geisler-Bading

as Frederike

Tim Lorenz

as PHEONIX Clubband: Schlagzeug

Paul Kleber

as PHEONIX Clubband: Kontrabass

Ralf Denker

as PHEONIX Clubband: Gitarre

Valentin Gregor

as PHEONIX Clubband: Violine

Stefan Will

as PHEONIX Clubband: Piano

Sofia Exss

as Zigarettenmädchen (uncredited)