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Phoenix [videorecording] / Schramm Film Koerner & Weber ; in Zusammenarbeit mit Tempus Film ; in Koproduktion mit Bayerischer Rundfunk, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, arte ; ein Film von Christian Petzold ; Drehbuch, Christian Petzold, Harun Farocki ; Produzenten, Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Michael Weber ; Regie, Christian Petzold.

Böhler, Bettina, (editor of moving image work.). Block, Kirsten, (actor.). Farocki, Harun, (screenwriter.). Fromm, Hans, 1961- (director of photography.). Hoss, Nina, (actor.). Koerner von Gustorf, Florian, (film producer.). Kogge, Imogen, (actor.). Kunzendorf, Nina, 1971- (actor.). Maertens, Michael, 1963- (actor.). Petzold, Christian, 1960- (film director,, screenwriter.). Weber, Michael, 1958- (film producer.). Will, Stefan, (composer (expression)). Zehrfeld, Ronald, 1977- (actor.). Monteilhet, Hubert. Motion picture adaptation of (work): Retour des cendres. (Added Author). Association relative à la télévision européenne, (production company.). Bayerischer Rundfunk, (production company.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (publisher.). Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, (production company.). Schramm Film Koerner & Weber (Firm), (production company.). Tempus Film, (production company.). Westdeutscher Rundfunk, (production company.). Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf, Michael Maertens, Imogen Kogge, Kirsten Block. (Cast).

Summary:

Set in a rubble-strewn Berlin in 1945, is like no other film about post-World War II Jewish identity. After surviving Auschwitz, a former cabaret perfromer, her face disfigured and reconstructed, returns to her war-ravaged hometown to seek out the gentile husband who may or may not have betrayed her to the Nazis. Without recognizing her, he enlists her to play his wife in a bizarre hall-of-shattered-mirrors story that's as richly metaphorical as it is preposterously engrossing.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1681431386
  • ISBN: 9781681431383
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Special edition
  • Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the novel Le retour des cendres by Hubert Monteilhet.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2014.
Special features: new conversation between director Christian Petzold and actor Nina Hoss; new interview with cinematographer, Hans Fromm; The making of "Phonenix" a 2014 documentary featuring interviews with Petzold, Hoss, actors Nina Kunzendorf and Ronald Zehrfield and production designer K.D. Gruber; trailer; essay by critic Michael Koresky.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Hans Fromm ; editor, Bettina Böhler ; music, Stefan Will ; production supported by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, BKM Kulturelle Filmförderung des Bundes, FFA Filmförderungsanstalt, DFFF Deutscher Filmförderfonds.
Participant or Performer Note:
Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf, Michael Maertens, Imogen Kogge, Kirsten Block.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG-13; for some thematic elements and brief suggestive material.
System Details Note:
Blu-ray; region A; requires Blu-ray player, widescreen (2.39:1) presentation, 5.1 surround.
Language Note:
German dialogue with some English; optional English subtitles.

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Betrayal > Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 > Germany > Berlin > Drama.
Berlin (Germany) > History > 1945-1990 > Drama.
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Feature films.
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Film noir.
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