Directed by:
Christian PetzoldCinematography:
Hans FrommComposer:
Stefan WillCast:
Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf, Imogen Kogge, Kirsten Block, Eva Bay, Valerie Koch, Uwe Preuss, Max Hopp, Claudia Geisler-Bading, Nikola Kastner (more)Plots(1)
June, 1945. Badly injured, her face destroyed, Auschwitz survivor Nelly returns to Berlin. Having barely recovered from facial surgery, she sets out to find her husband Johnny (Ronald Zehrfeld). Nelly’s (Nina Hoss) family has been murdered in the Holocaust - Johnny is convinced that his wife, too, is dead. When Nelly finally tracks him down he doesn’t recognise her, but seeing a resemblance Johnny asks her to take on the identity of his ‘late’ wife in order to access her inherited fortune. Nelly agrees: she becomes her own imposter. She wants to know if he loved her - and whether he betrayed her. She wants her old life back. (Soda Pictures)
(more)Cast
Nina Hoss
West Germany
Best movies:
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2023)
Tár (2022)
Atomised (2006)
Ronald Zehrfeld
East Germany
Best movies:
Dying (2024)
The Silent Revolution (2018)
Line of Separation (2015) (series)
Nina Kunzendorf
West Germany
Best movies:
Woman in Gold (2015)
Bis nichts mehr bleibt (2010) (TV movie)
Operation Valkyrie (2004) (TV movie)
Imogen Kogge
Best movies:
Nachtgestalten (1999)
Barefoot (2005)
Russendisko (2012)
Kirsten Block
East Germany
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
The Reader (2008)
The Book Thief (2013)
Eva Bay
West Germany
Best movies:
Phoenix (2014)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Highway to Hellas (2015)
Valerie Koch
West Germany
Best movies:
Die Anruferin (2007)
Phoenix (2014)
This Is Love (2009)
Uwe Preuss
East Germany
Best movies:
Ku'damm 59 (2018) (series)
The Same Sky (2017) (series)
This Crazy Heart (2017)
Max Hopp
East Germany
Best movies:
Ku'damm 59 (2018) (series)
The Same Sky (2017) (series)
The Silent Revolution (2018)
Claudia Geisler-Bading
East Germany
Best movies:
No Place to Go (2000)
Cracks in the Shell (2011)
Barbara (2012)
Nikola Kastner
West Germany
Best movies:
Dark Woods (2020) (series)
Phoenix (2014)
Offside (2005)
Felix Römer
Austria
Best movies:
A Hidden Life (2019)
Phoenix (2014)
Dreileben (2011) (series)
Trystan Pütter
West Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
Ku'damm 56 (2016) (series)
Ku'damm 59 (2018) (series)
Michael Maertens
West Germany
Best movies:
Girl You Know It's True (2023)
Sun Alley (1999)
My Sister's Good Fortune (1995)
Jeff Burrell
USA
Best movies:
Curveball (2020)
Jack Strong (2014)
Race (2016)
Michael Wenninger
Germany
Best movies:
Wolves of Berlin (2009) (series)
Phoenix (2014)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Frank Seppeler
West Germany
Best movies:
Summer in Berlin (2005)
Phoenix (2014)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Daniela Holtz
West Germany
Best movies:
The Forest for the Trees (2003)
My Life in Orange (2011)
Jack (2014)
Megan Gay
New Zealand
Best movies:
Sanctuary (2014)
V for Vendetta (2005)
Berlin Calling (2008)
Valery Wegner
West Germany
Best movies:
Sharpe's Eagle (1993) (TV movie)
Phoenix (2014)