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Coup de Grace (The Criterion Collection) DVD

Unrated :: Criterion :: Released: 2003-05-27

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Coup de Grace (The Criterion Collection) Summary 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. When She Is Rejected By Her Love, The Young Woman Is Sent Into A Downward Spiral Of Psychosexual Depression, Promiscuity, And Revolutionary Collaboration. A Startling Tale Of Heartbreak And Violence Set Against The Backdrop Of Bloody Revolution, Volker Schlöndorff’s le Coup De Grâce Is A Powerful Film That Explores The Interrelation Of Private Passion And Political Commitment.

Passion and politics collide with tragically bleak results in Le Coup de Grace. Dedicating his film to French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville, director Volker Schlöndorff (The Tin Drum) emulates Melville's fascination with themes of war, adapting (with his wife and star, Margarethe von Trotta) the novel Der Fangschuß by Marguerite Yourcenar, set in Latvia in 1919 after the end of World War I. While sporadic fighting continues in the Baltic states, naive countess Sophie (von Trotta) seals her fate by falling in love with Erich (Matthias Habich), a Prussian soldier who secretly desires Sophie's brother (in one of several vaguely handled subplots). She retaliates by supporting the Communists and, when captured, demands that Erich be her executioner. Like the repressed emotions of its characters, the drama's power is nearly subdued by Schlondorff's murky ambiguity; it helps to be familiar with the film's historical context, but Le Coup de Grace is still a worthy companion to Schlöndorff's The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum, and a hauntingly atmospheric tale of wartime self-destruction. --Jeff Shannon

Coup de Grace [Criterion Collection] DVD Techincal Details Cast: Margarethe von Trotta, Rüdiger Kirschstein, Marc Eyraud, Bruno Thost
Director: Volker Schlöndorff
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Rated: Unrated
Running Time: 97 mins
UPC: 037429177921
Binding: DVD
Studio: Criterion
Release Date: 2003-05-27
Region Code: 1
Specs: Anamorphic, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC

Language & Subtitles English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), German (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono),