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Phoenix is a 2014 German drama film directed by Christian Petzold. Loosely adapted from the 1961 novel Le Retour des Cendres (English: The Return from the Ashes) by French author Hubert Monteilhet, the film stars Nina Hoss and Ronald Zehrfeld as Read More..

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Description	Phoenix is a 2014 German drama film directed by Christian Petzold. Loosely adapted from the 1961 novel Le Retour des Cendres (English: The Return from the Ashes) by French author Hubert Monteilhet, the film stars Nina Hoss and Ronald Zehrfeld as Nelly and Johnny Lenz respectively.Phoenix is set within Germany in the aftermath of World War II, where Nelly, a Jew who was able to survive an Auschwitz concentration camp, decides to go back to her husband Johnny in Berlin. She has had to have her face reconstructed due to a bullet wound, and her husband does not recognize her. The film marks the sixth collaboration between Petzold and Hoss, as well as being the second film in which Hoss and Zehrfeld star opposite each other after Barbara (2012), also directed by Petzold.Phoenix was released in Germany on September 25, 2014 and in the United States on July 24, 2015. The film received significant critical acclaim, with praise going toward the film's suspenseful narrative, direction, Nina Hoss' performance, production design and its symbolic elements. The film will be released on Blu-ray and DVD in North America by The Criterion Collection on April 26, 2016.
Description	Phoenix is a 2014 German drama film directed by Christian Petzold. Loosely adapted from the 1961 novel Le Retour des Cendres (English: The Return from the Ashes) by French author Hubert Monteilhet, the film stars Nina Hoss and Ronald Zehrfeld as Nelly and Johnny Lenz respectively.Phoenix is set within Germany in the aftermath of World War II, where Nelly, a Jew who was able to survive an Auschwitz concentration camp, decides to go back to her husband Johnny in Berlin. She has had to have her face reconstructed due to a bullet wound, and her husband does not recognize her. The film marks the sixth collaboration between Petzold and Hoss, as well as being the second film in which Hoss and Zehrfeld star opposite each other after Barbara (2012), also directed by Petzold.Phoenix was released in Germany on September 25, 2014 and in the United States on July 24, 2015. The film received significant critical acclaim, with praise going toward the film's suspenseful narrative, direction, Nina Hoss' performance, production design and its symbolic elements. The film will be released on Blu-ray and DVD in North America by The Criterion Collection on April 26, 2016.

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Director	Christian Petzold
Director
Story
Story
Screenplay
Screenplay
Writer	Christian Petzold , Harun Farocki
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Based on
Cinematography	Hans Fromm
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Starring	Nina Hoss , Ronald Zehrfeld , Nina Kunzendorf , Michael Maertens
Starring
Music	Stefan Will
Music
Runtime	98 minutes
Runtime
Country	Germany
Country
Language	German , English
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Producer	Florian Koerner von Gustorf , Michael Weber
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Released	2014/09/25 (Germany) /2015/7/24 (United States) (ref) 2=
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Gross	$5.6 million
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