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Phoenix
Directed by
Christian Petzold
Produced by Florian Koerner von Gustorf and Michael Weber
Screenplay by Christian Petzold and Harun Farocki Based on the novel Le Retour des cendres by Hubert Monteilhet
Produced by Florian Koerner von Gustorf and Michael Weber
Screenplay by Christian Petzold and Harun Farocki Based on the novel Le Retour des cendres by Hubert Monteilhet
With:
Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf, Trystan Pütter, Michael Maertens, Imogen Kogge, Felix Römer, Uwe Preuss, Valerie Koch, and Eva Bay
Cinematography:
Hans Fromm
Editing: Bettina Böhler
Music: Stefan Will
Editing: Bettina Böhler
Music: Stefan Will
Runtime:
98 min
Release Date: 25 September 2014
Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1
Color: Color
Release Date: 25 September 2014
Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1
Color: Color
Twitter Capsule:
In her sixth collaboration with director Christian Petzold, Nina Hoss plays a concentration camp survivor who, after undergoing reconstructive surgery, tries to find out if her husband betrayed her to the Nazis. The riveting Hitchcockian premise is undercut by a few implausible contrivances.