Phoenix
“A Gripping Noirish Study of Treachery, Identity and Survival.”
6.8(499)PG-1320141h 38mDE
Directed by Christian Petzold
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.
berlin, germanybased on novel or bookworld war iiauschwitz-birkenau concentration campsingingdisfigured faceconcentration camp survivorneo-noirface bandage
Box office $5.9M
