Amherst Cinema Screens Acclaimed German Film Through Sept. 25

In the critically acclaimed German film “Phoenix,” Nina Hoss shines as Nelly, a Jewish Holocaust survivor and a former nightclub singer. Following the liberation of Nazi concentration camps at the end of World War II, Nelly returns to Berlin under the care of her loyal friend and fellow survivor Lene Winter, played by Nina Kunzendorf. Brutally scarred by a facial gunshot wound, Nelly is given the freedom to choose a completely new appearance through the reconstructive surgery. However, she ask