Phoenix

A Gripping Noirish Study of Treachery, Identity and Survival.

98 mins
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.

Nina Hoss

Nelly Lenz

Ronald Zehrfeld

Johnny Lenz

Nina Kunzendorf

Lene Winter

Trystan Pütter

Soldat an Brücke

Imogen Kogge

Elisabeth

Uwe Preuss

Clubbesitzer

Valerie Koch

Tänzerin

Eva Bay

Tänzerin

Jeff Burrell

Soldat im Club

Nikola Kastner

Junge Frau

Max Hopp

Der Mann

Megan Gay

Mitarbeiterin Zentralstelle Halensee

Frank Seppeler

Alfred Mohnhaupt

Tim Lorenz

PHEONIX Clubband: Schlagzeug

Paul Kleber

PHEONIX Clubband: Kontrabass

Ralf Denker

PHEONIX Clubband: Gitarre

Valentin Gregor

PHEONIX Clubband: Violine

Stefan Will

PHEONIX Clubband: Piano

Sofia Exss

Zigarettenmädchen (uncredited)

Rainer Werner

Stunt Coordinator

Klaus-Dieter Gruber

Production Design

Stefan Will

Original Music Composer

Hans Fromm

Director of Photography

Anette Guther

Costume Design

Dorissa Berninger

Production Manager

Piotr Strzelecki

Executive Producer

Jacek Gaczkowski

Executive Producer

Harun Farocki

Co-Writer

Merlin Ortner

Art Direction

Stefan Rohde

Art Department Assistant

Christin Busse

Set Decoration

Björn Friese

Special Effects Supervisor

Frederic Moriette

Script Supervisor

Florian Trautwein

First Assistant Camera

Matthias Biber

Steadicam Operator

Christian Schulz

Still Photographer

Jochen Jezussek

Dialogue Editor

Dominik Schleier

Sound Designer

Martin Steyer

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Barbara Kreuzer

Makeup Artist

Ires Jung

Assistant Director

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