Phoenix

Offers not only a close reading but also a film-historical contextualization of Phoenix, constituting the most significant and thorough study of Petzold''s film to date.



Christian Petzold''s Phoenix (2014), a masterpiece from one of Germany''s leading contemporary filmmakers, portrays a death-camp survivor''s return to occupied Berlin just after the war has come to an end. Nelly, played by German f...