7.4 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
A concentration-camp survivor searches ravaged postwar Berlin for the husband who might have betrayed her to the Nazis.
Starring: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf, Uwe Preuss, Valerie KochForeign | 100% |
Drama | 82% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
German: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
German: Dolby Digital 2.0
English, English SDH
25GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Slipcover in original pressing
Region B (locked)
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Winner of FIPRESCI Prize at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, German director Christian Petzold's film "Phoenix" (2014) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Soda Pictures. The supplemental features on the disc include an original trailer for the film and making of featurette. In German, with optional English subtitles. Region-B "locked".
The familiar stranger
Presented in its original aspect ratio of 2.39:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Christian Petzold's Phoenix arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Soda Pictures.
The film looks fantastic in high-definition. The visuals are crisp and wonderfully detailed, making it exceptionally easy to see even tiny details. The daylight footage has outstanding depth, but even the darker footage from the cabaret can look quite impressive. The film has a well balanced color scheme with a variety of color tonalities that are wonderfully reproduced. Contrast levels also remain stable. Image stability is excellent. Finally, there are no encoding anomalies to report in our review. All in all, this is an excellent presentation of Phoenix that is guaranteed to please its fans as well as folks who are going to experience the film for the first time at home. (Note: This is a Region-B "locked" Blu-ray release. Therefore, you must have a native Region-B or Region-Free player in order to access its content).
There are two standard audio tracks on this Blu-ray release: German DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and German Dolby Digital 2.0. Optional English subtitles are provided for the main feature. When turned on, they appear inside the image frame.
The film is complimented by a very interesting score that blends lush jazzy themes and some more straightforward classic themes. Both are balanced very well and effectively enhance the tense atmosphere. Dynamic movement is fairly modest, but separation and fidelity are outstanding. The dialog is always crisp, clean, stable, and very easy to follow. There are no audio dropouts or digital distortions to report in our review.
A young woman with a badly disfigured face returns to bombed-out Berlin hoping to reunite with her husband and makes a shocking discovery in German director Christian Petzold's new film, Phoenix. The plot of the film has a few questionable elements, but Nina Hoss' stunning performance makes them very easy to ignore. If you decide to see it and like it, I also recommend tracking down a copy of Petzold and Hoss' previous collaboration, Barbara, about a fearless doctor living in the defunct GDR. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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