

Phoenix
Drama
Overview
In the aftermath of WWII, German-Jewish cabaret singer Nelly has to undergo facial reconstructive surgery following her survival from Auschwitz. Without recognising Nelly, her former husband Johnny asks her to help him claim his wife’s inheritance. To see if he's betrayed her, she agrees, becoming her own doppelgänger.
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Keywords
berlin, germany
based on novel or book
world war ii
auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp
singing
disfigured face
concentration camp survivor
neo-noir
face bandage
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7.0avg rating

CinemaSerf
@Geronimo1967May 20, 2026
7
7/10
With much of Germany in ruins following the end of the War, "Nelly" (Nina Hoss) returns to a Berlin that is almost as unrecognisable to her as her recently reconstructed face is to everyone else. She hasn't any money, but the kindly "Mrs. Winter" (Nina Kunzendorf) and her housekeeper "Elizabeth" (Im…
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