A romantic melodrama in a broken world for “Phoenix”

By GTVW Staff

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From acclaimed director Christian Petzold (BARBARA, JERICHOW). Nelly (Nina Hoss), a German-Jewish ex-nightclub singer, has survived a concentration camp, but with her face disfigured by a bullet wound. After reconstructive surgery, Nelly emerges with a new face, one similar but different enough that her former husband, Johnny (Ronald Zehrfeld), Johnny (Ronald Zehrfeld, BARBARA), doesn’t recognize her. Rather than reveal herself, Nelly walks into a dangerous game of duplicity and disguise as she tries to figure out if the man she loves may have been the one who betrayed her to the Nazis.

During 1 hr. 38 min. this great film with a radiant cast so the relationship between the two anchors and the beautiful photography for each scene, and wardrobe for each character makes this production with great quality. The existence of a once-lively woman, the repression, cruelty, betrayal and passion for love will surprise you with a magnificent end.