Soda to Release Christian Petzold's Phoenix on Blu-ray

Independent British distributors Soda Pictures have revealed that they are planning to release on Blu-ray acclaimed German director Christian Petzold's new film, Phoenix (2014), starring Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, and Nina Kunzendorf. Currently, the Blu-ray is scheduled to be released on August 31.

Official synopsis: June, 1945. Badly injured, her face destroyed, Auschwitz survivor Nelly returns to her hometown, Berlin. She is accompanied by Lene, an employee of a Jewish agency and Nelly's friend from the pre-war days. Having barely recovered from facial surgery, Nelly ignores Lene's warnings and sets out to find her husband, Johnny – the love of her life who, by refusing to abandon their marriage, protected her from Nazi persecution for so long. Nelly's family has been murdered in the Holocaust. Johnny is convinced that his wife, too, is dead. When Nelly finally tracks him down, he recognizes nothing but an unnerving resemblance and doesn't believe it could really be her. Hoping to secure her family's inheritance, Johnny suggests to Nelly that she take on the identity of his late wife. Nelly agrees: She becomes her own imposter. She wants to know whether Johnny loved her – and whether he betrayed her. Nelly wants her old life back.

Note: Petzold's previous film, Barbara, was selected to represent Germany in the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 85th Academy Awards 2013. Click on the link to see our listing and review of German label Indigo's Blu-ray release of the film.