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Coup de Grâce

Coup de Grâce

Volker Schlöndorff, 1976

Spine #192

Picked by 2 guests

War / Drama

Criterion Letterboxd TMDB

Directed by Volker Schlöndorff

Written by Jutta Brückner, Geneviève Dormann, Margarethe von Trotta

Cinematography Igor Luther

Edited by Jane Seitz

Cast Margarethe von Trotta, Matthias Habich, Rüdiger Kirschstein, Mathieu Carrière, Valeska Gert, Frederik von Zichy, Bruno Thost, Marc Eyraud

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Volker Schlöndorff

“I'm proud because I see a few of my own. The Coup de Grâce, again with Margarethe von Trotta.”

Colman Domingo

“Coup de Grâce. “Latvia, 1919: the end of the Russian Civil War. An aristocratic young woman, brilliantly played by Margarethe von Trotta, becomes involved with a sexually repressed Prussian soldier.” All right. “When she is rejected by her would-be lover, the young woman is sent into a downward spiral of psychosexual depression, promiscuity, and revolutionary collaboration.” This is dope. A startling tale of heartbreak and violence, a powerful film that explores private passion and political...”