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A Balasaur Score of 81 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 98%, Metacritic 89/100. Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 96% of the 6,710 2010s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes98%
Metacritic89/100
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
506 audience votes
Key crew
- Christian PetzoldDirector
- Stefan WillOriginal Music Composer
- Christian PetzoldScreenplay
Cast
- Nina HossNelly Lenz
- Ronald ZehrfeldJohnny Lenz
- Nina KunzendorfLene Winter
- Trystan PütterSoldat an Brücke
- Michael MaertensArzt
- Imogen KoggeElisabeth
- Felix RömerGeiger
- Uwe PreussClubbesitzer
- Valerie KochTänzerin
- Eva BayTänzerin
- Jeff BurrellSoldat im Club
- Nikola KastnerJunge Frau
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Themes
berlin, germanybased on novel or bookworld war iiauschwitz-birkenau concentration campsingingdisfigured faceconcentration camp survivorneo-noirface bandage
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