DVD
Phoenix [German] [1 DVD - 98 min.] / Sundance Selects and The Match Factory present ; a Schramm Film Koerner & Weber production ; in cooperation with Tempus Film ; director, Christian Petzold.
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: 9781681431390
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (98 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches.
- Edition: Special edition.
- Publisher: [New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2014
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Title from sell sheet. 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. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf. |
| Target Audience Note: | PG. |
| System Details Note: | DVD ; widescreen presentation ; 5.1 surround. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | For private home use only. |
| Language Note: | German dialogue; English subtitles. |
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| Subject: | World War, 1939-1945 > Germany > Berlin > Fiction. Married people > Fiction. Betrayal > Fiction. Holocaust survivors > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Foreign films. Motion pictures, German. Film noir. Feature films. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroud Branch | DVD Phoen | 31681010010163 | DVD | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
At the end of World War II, Nelly, an Auschwitz survivor, has her disfigured face reconstructed and returns home to determine whether or not her gentile husband betrayed her to the Nazis. - Criterion Distribution
A riveting mystery of identity unfolds against the turmoil of post-World War II Germany in the stunning new film from acclaimed director Christian Petzold (Barbara). Nelly (Nina Hoss), a German-Jewish nightclub singer, has survived a concentration camp, but with her face disfigured by a bullet wound. After 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 betrayed her to the Nazis. Evoking the haunted mood of post-war Berlin, Phoenix weaves a complex tale of a nation's tragedy and a woman's search for answers as it builds towards an unforgettable, heart-stopping climax.
