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In a film by this director, a family in a white car is surrounded by four black vehicles at an intersection, prompting the father to get out and attempt to surrender only for the other vehicles to continue on their way. That film by this director focuses on two former left-wing terrorists in hiding, entitled The State I Am In. (15[1])A film by this director opens with American soldiers stopping a car at a checkpoint, where they force a character to remove the bandages that cover her face. This director made a film in which (*) Nelly’s husband realizes who she is during her performance of “Speak Low” when he notices the identification number tattooed on her arm; that film stars Nina Hoss, a frequent collaborator of this director. This director made a 2023 film about four people vacationing on the Baltic who are threatened by a forest fire. For 10 points, name this contemporary German director of Phoenix and Afire. ■END■

ANSWER: Christian Petzold
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