Coup de Grâce

Coup de Grâce

1976
★★★☆☆ 6.2/10
⏱️ 95 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 DE
WarDrama
A countess loves her brother's Prussian-officer friend in the 1919 Baltic area.

Where to Watch (US)

Stream

Criterion Channel

Cast

Margarethe von Trotta
Margarethe von Trotta
Sophie de Reval
Matthias Habich
Matthias Habich
Erich von Lhomond
Rüdiger Kirschstein
Rüdiger Kirschstein
Conrad de Reval
Mathieu Carrière
Mathieu Carrière
Volkmar von Plessen
Valeska Gert
Valeska Gert
Tante Praskovia
Frederik von Zichy
Frederik von Zichy
Franz von Aland

User Reviews

talisencrw
★ 9/10
This really struck a personal, compelling blow for me. I completely understood von Trotta's performance of a person who will do anything, no matter how devastating to whom, in order to be noticed, and loved. This film should be much better known, and watched.
May 5, 2016

Crew

Director
Volker Schlöndorff
Writer
Jutta Brückner, Geneviève Dormann, Margarethe von Trotta
Producer
Eberhard Junkersdorf

Production

Argos films, Neue Bioskop Film