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July 31, 2015

At the Movies: 'Phoenix,' a masterful drama set in post-war Berlin

By JAKE COYLE
AP Film Writer

Out of the ashes of summer moviegoing emerges a masterpiece.

“Phoenix,” by the German filmmaker Christian Petzold (the Oscar-nominated “Barbara”), is a post-World War II drama set in Germany where the bombed-out streets of Berlin are strewn with rubble and shame.


 
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