Le Coup de Grace (Der Fangschuß) (1978)
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62% of users liked it
(522 ratings)
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 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. Besides her ruinous habit of falling love with men who do not love her, Margarethe's tragic flaw is her refusal to acknowledge the cost of the revolution in terms of human lives. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Volker Schlöndorff
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
- In Theaters
- Feb 5, 1978 Wide
- Studio
- Criterion Collection
Critic Reviews
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Dan Jardine, Apollo Guide
The simplicity and naiveté of the film's themes are problematic.
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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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Cast
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Margarethe von Trotta
as Sophie
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Matthias Habich
as Erich von Lhomond
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Rudiger Kirschstein
as Konrad
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Mathieu Carriere
as Volkmar von Plessen
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Marc Eyraud
as Dr. Paul Rugen
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Valeska Gert
as Aunt Praskovia
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Bruno Thost
as Chopin
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Henry van Lyck
as Borschikoff
- Frederik von Zichy