Phoenix

Petzold, Christian, 1960- (film director.). Hoss, Nina, (actor.). Zehrfeld, Ronald, 1977- (actor.). Kunzendorf, Nina, 1971- (actor.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (publisher.). Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf. (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: 9781681431390
Physical Description: German
videodisc
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.