Le Coup de Grace (Der Fangschuß)

Le Coup de Grace (Der Fangschuß) (1978)

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1976's Coup de Grace (released in Germany as Der Fangschluss) was inspired by a Marguerite Yourcenar novel and directed by Volker Schlondorff. The story is set in Latvia in 1919, at the height of the Soviet Civil War. Margarethe von Trotta plays an aristocrat sympathetic to the Communist cause.… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 35 min.
Directed By
Volker Schlöndorff
Genres
Art House & International, Drama
In Theaters
Feb 5, 1978 Wide
On DVD
May 27, 2003

Critic Reviews

  • Dan Jardine, Apollo Guide

    The simplicity and naiveté of the film's themes are problematic.

  • Rumsey Taylor, Not Coming to a Theater Near You

    Coup de Grâce is an ambiguously political film (the argument of its war is inherited, though neither side is defended exemplarily), in regard to both its war and sexual conflict.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Stefanie C


    a war that is losing it's meaning, cast in a befiitingly stark baltic landscape, is juxtaposed against an ambiguous and ambivalent relationship. some well-shot scenes evoking sophie's many psychological states. unforgettable finale.

  • Walter M


    "Coup de Grace" starts with the return of Konrad(Rudiger Kirschstein) to his ancestral home in the Baltic states in the winter of 1919, after many years fighting in The Great War, with his friend Erich(Matthias Habich). This instantly invigorates the spirits of… More

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