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Phoenix

Phoenix

Christian Petzold, 2014

Spine #809

Picked by 1 guest

Drama

Criterion Letterboxd TMDB

Directed by Christian Petzold

Written by Christian Petzold

Cinematography Hans Fromm

Edited by Bettina Böhler

Cast Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf, Trystan Pütter, Michael Maertens, Imogen Kogge, Felix Römer, Uwe Preuss

Picked by

Nia DaCosta
Nia DaCosta director

“Phoenix, this is one of the first Nina Hoss films that I watched. It’s an amazing story. Again, post-World War Two. I’m obsessed. And it’s about a woman who is presumed to have died during the Holocaust and reappears, but has to pretend to be the woman that she was, if that makes sense. And it’s Nina Hoss being, I mean, one of the most stunning actors of her generation. I’ve just worked with her on my current film that’s coming out, Hedda, and… began my Nina Hoss Love Affair.”