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Phoenix

A Gripping Noirish Study of Treachery, Identity and Survival.

6.8(524)20141h 38m2

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
—
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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Behind the camera

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Germany

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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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    CinemaSerf

    5/20/2026

    7/10

    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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