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A spellbinding mystery of identity, illusion, and deception unfolds against the turmoil of post-World War II Germany in the stunning new film from acclaimed director Christian Petzold (BARBARA, JERICHOW). Berlin, 1945: Nelly (Nina Hoss), a German-Jewish, ex-nightclub singer, has survived a concentration camp. But, like her country, she is scarred, her face disfigured by a bullet wound. After undergoing reconstructive surgery, Nelly emerges with a new face, one similar but different enough that her former husband, Johnny (Ronald Zehrfeld), 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. Submerged in shadowy atmosphere and the haunted mood of post-war Berlin, Phoenix weaves a complex, Hitchcockian tale of a nation’s tragedy and a woman’s search for answers as it builds towards an unforgettable, heart-stopping climax.
Original Release
09/25/2014
US Release
07/24/2015
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Nina Hoss | Nelly Lenz |
Ronald Zehrfeld | Johnny Lenz |
Nina Kunzendorf | Lene Winter |
Trystan Pütter | Soldat an der Brücke / Soldat an Brücke |
Michael Maertens | Arzt |
Imogen Kogge | Elisabeth |
Felix Römer | Geiger |
Uwe Preuss | Clubbesitzer |
Valerie Koch | Tänzerin |
Eva Bay | Tänzerin |
Directors
Writers
Christian Petzold, Harun Farocki, Hubert Monteilhet
Cast
Name | Character |
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Nina Hoss | Nelly Lenz |
Ronald Zehrfeld | Johnny Lenz |
Nina Kunzendorf | Lene Winter |
Trystan Pütter | Soldat an der Brücke / Soldat an Brücke |
Michael Maertens | Arzt |
Imogen Kogge | Elisabeth |
Felix Römer | Geiger |
Uwe Preuss | Clubbesitzer |
Valerie Koch | Tänzerin |
Eva Bay | Tänzerin |
Jeff Burrell | Soldat im Club |
Nikola Kastner | Junge Frau |
Max Hopp | Der Mann |
Megan Gay | Mitarbeiterin Zentralstelle Halensee |
Kirsten Block | Wirtin |
Frank Seppeler | Alfred Mohnhaupt |
Daniela Holtz | Sigrid |
Kathrin Wehlisch | Monika |
Michael Wenninger | Walther |
Claudia Geisler-Bading | Frederike |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jacek Gaczkowski | Executive Producer |
Piotr Strzelecki | Executive Producer |
Anton Kaiser | Producer |
Florian Koerner von Gustorf | Producer |
Monika Lobkowicz | Producer |
Bettina Ricklefs | Producer |
Andreas Schreitmüller | Producer |
Frank Tönsmann | Producer |
Hubert von Spreti | Producer |
Michael Weber | Producer |