

Phoenix
A Gripping Noirish Study of Treachery, Identity and Survival.
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
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- Box office
- $5.9M
- Language
- German
- berlin, germany
- based on novel or book
- world war ii
- auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp
- singing
- disfigured face
- concentration camp survivor
- neo-noir
- face bandage
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)PG-1324 Jul 2015
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival15 Oct 2014
- Theatrical128 May 2015
- Physical12DVD31 Aug 2015
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival5 Sept 2014
AustriaAT
- PremiereViennale1 Nov 2014
FranceFR
- PremiereParis German Film Festival8 Oct 2014
- Theatrical28 Jan 2015
- TVARTE11 Jan 2017
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1225 Sept 2014
- PhysicalDVD / Blu-ray27 Mar 2015
- TVArte11 Jan 2017
GreeceGR
- PremiereThessaloniki International Film Festival1 Oct 2014
- Theatrical19 Mar 2015
IrelandIE
- Digital / OTT1522 Mar 2015
ItalyIT
- PremiereRome Film Festival22 Oct 2014
- Theatrical19 Feb 2015
JapanJP
- Digital / OTTG15 Aug 2015
NetherlandsNL
- PremiereInternational Film Festival Rotterdam22 Jan 2015
South KoreaKR
- Theatrical1222 Jul 2021
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Phoenix was released on 25 September 2014.
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5/20/2026
With much of Germany in ruins following the end of the War, "Nelly" (Nina Hoss) returns to a Berlin that is almost as unrecognisable to her as her recently reconstructed face is to everyone else. She hasn't any money, but the kindly "Mrs. Winter" (Nina Kunzendorf) and her housekeeper "Elizabeth" (Imogen Kogge) take her in. It's whilst "Nelly" is revisiting some of their pre-war haunts that she encounters "Johnny" (Ro…
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