Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall
2026 · Animation · Action
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Film / 2014
Phoenix
Directed by
Christian Petzold
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.
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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.
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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Max HoppDer Mann
Megan GayMitarbeiterin Zentralstelle Halensee
Kirsten BlockWirtin
Frank SeppelerAlfred Mohnhaupt
Daniela HoltzSigrid
Kathrin WehlischMonika
Michael WenningerWalther
Claudia Geisler-BadingFrederike
Tim LorenzPHEONIX Clubband: Schlagzeug
Paul KleberPHEONIX Clubband: Kontrabass
Ralf DenkerPHEONIX Clubband: Gitarre
Valentin GregorPHEONIX Clubband: Violine
Stefan WillPHEONIX Clubband: Piano
Sofia ExssZigarettenmädchen (uncredited)
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