Phoenix

About Phoenix

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.

Phoenix (2014) is a drama film directed by Christian Petzold. Nina Hoss appears as Nelly Lenz, Ronald Zehrfeld as Johnny Lenz, Nina Kunzendorf as Lene Winter, and Trystan Pütter as Soldat an Brücke.

Released in September 2014, it runs 98 minutes. Written by Christian Petzold. It was produced by Schramm Film. It is adapted from a novel.

Members will find singing, auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp, disfigured face, and concentration camp survivor in it. It streams on AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, and MUBI Amazon Channel in the United States. It scores 6.8 out of 10 from 520 TMDB voters and it carries a PG-13 rating.

Unbroken, The Zone of Interest, and Alone in Berlin make useful companions to Phoenix, all filed under world war ii.