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.


Phoenix (2014)
A Gripping Noirish Study of Treachery, Identity and Survival.
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Nina Hoss
Nelly Lenz

Ronald Zehrfeld
Johnny Lenz

Nina Kunzendorf
Lene Winter

Trystan Pütter
Soldat an Brücke

Michael Maertens
Arzt

Imogen Kogge
Elisabeth

Felix Römer
Geiger

Uwe Preuss
Clubbesitzer

Valerie Koch
Tänzerin
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