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Set in a rubble-strewn Berlin in 1945, is like no other film about post-World War II Jewish identity. After surviving Auschwitz, a former cabaret performer, her face disfigured and reconstructed, returns to her war-ravaged hometown to seek out the gentile husband who may or may not have betrayed her...

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Other Authors: Petzold, Christian, 1960- (Screenwriter), Farocki, Harun (Screenwriter), Fromm, Hans, 1961- (director of photography.), Will, Stefan (composer (expression)), Guther, Anette (Costume designer), Hoss, Nina (Actor), Zehrfeld, Ronald, 1977- (Actor), Kunzendorf, Nina, 1971- (Actor), Maertens, Michael, 1963- (Actor), Kogge, Imogen (Actor), Block, Kirsten (Actor), Monteilhet, Hubert
Format: Video DVD
Language:German
English
Language Notes:German dialogue with some English; optional English subtitles.
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]
Edition:DVD special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 809.
Subjects:
Holocaust survivors > Drama.
Spouses > Drama.
Betrayal > Drama.
Impersonation > Drama.
Berlin (Germany) > History > 1945-1990 > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Germany > Berlin > Drama.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, German.
Motion pictures, Polish.
Film noir.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
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Summary:Set in a rubble-strewn Berlin in 1945, is like no other film about post-World War II Jewish identity. After surviving Auschwitz, a former cabaret performer, her face disfigured and reconstructed, returns to her war-ravaged hometown to seek out the gentile husband who may or may not have betrayed her to the Nazis. Without recognizing her, he enlists her to play his wife in a bizarre hall-of-shattered-mirrors story that's as richly metaphorical as it is preposterously engrossing.
Item Description:Title from title frame.
Based on the novel Le retour des cendres by Hubert Monteilhet.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2014.
Special features: new conversation between director Christian Petzold and actor Nina Hoss; new interview with cinematographer, Hans Fromm; The making of "Phoenix" a 2014 documentary featuring interviews with Petzold, Hoss, actors Nina Kunzendorf and Ronald Zehrfield and production designer K.D. Gruber; trailer; essay by critic Michael Koresky.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (98 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert.
Format:DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (2.39:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Audience:MPAA rating: PG-13; for some thematic elements and brief suggestive material.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Hans Fromm ; editor, Bettina Böhler ; production design, K.D. Gruber ; costume design, Anette Guther ; music, Stefan Will.
ISBN:9781681431390
1681431394