Coup de Grâce (1976)
Der Fangschuss
A countess loves her brother's Prussian-officer friend in the 1919 Baltic area.
- Date of release
- 1976-10-21
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (27)
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- War, Drama
- Director
- Volker Schlöndorff
Casting
- Margarethe von Trotta — Sophie de Reval
- Matthias Habich — Erich von Lhomond
- Rüdiger Kirschstein — Conrad de Reval
- Mathieu Carrière — Volkmar von Plessen
- Valeska Gert — Tante Praskovia
- Frederik von Zichy — Franz von Aland
- Bruno Thost — Chopin
- Marc Eyraud — Doctor Paul Rugen
- Henry van Lyck — Borschikoff
- Alexander von Eschwege — Blankenberg
- Franz Morak — Grigori Loew
- Hannes Kaetner — Michel
Interesting facts
- Based on: Coup de Grâce
Coup de Grâce is a 1976 West German drama war film directed by Volker Schlöndorff. Adapted from the novel Coup de Grâce by the French author Marguerite Yourcenar, the war film explores passion amid underlying political tones. The title comes from the French expression, meaning "finishing blow". An opening title dedicates the film to Jean-Pierre Melville, for whom Schlöndorff had worked as an assistant director.
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