Phoenix
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...
| Main Author: | Will, Stefan (Composer) |
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| Other Authors: | Petzold, Christian, 1960- (Screenwriter), Hoss, Nina (Actor), Zehrfeld, Ronald, 1977- (Actor), Kunzendorf, Nina, 1971- (Actor), Maertens, Michael, 1963- (Actor), Kogge, Imogen (Actor), Block, Kirsten (Actor), Fromm, Hans, 1961- (Cinematographer), Böhler, Bettina (Film editor) |
| Format: | Videos DVD |
| Language: | German English |
| Published: |
[New York, New York] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2016]
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| Series: |
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ;
809. |
| Subjects: |
| 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. |
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| Item Description: |
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. |
| Physical Description: |
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet. |
| Format: |
DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen (2.39:1) presentation, 5.1 surround. |
| Audience: |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for some thematic elements and brief suggestive material. |
| Production Credits: |
Director of photography, Hans Fromm ; editor, Bettina Böhler ; music, Stefan Will. |
| ISBN: |
9781681431390 1681431394 |