Coup de Grace

UPC: 037429177921

Studio: Criterion

MPAA Rating: NR   Contains:[Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children]

Summary: 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

Category: Drama

Awards: Film Presented – Telluride Film Festival

Features: New digital transfer, enhanced for widescreen televisions
Interview with Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta
New and improved English subtitle translation
Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition

Coup de Grace

Format: DVD

Release Date: 05/27/2003

Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1 Alternate Wide-Screen

Audio: DD1 Dolby Digital Mono

Runtime: 98 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) German,French

Subtitles: English

Chapters: Side #1 --
1. Logos/Opening Credits [2:49]
2. Return From Battle [4:41]
3. Vestiges of War [5:22]
4. Lost Causes [5:08]
5. Crossing the Lines [10:07]
6. Crossfire [7:00]
7. Trip to Riga [7:14]
8. Franz's Dream [8:32]
9. Air Raid [5:10]
10. Volkmar Arrives [7:29]
11. Christmas Eve [6:47]
12. An Ambush [8:48]
13. Search for Fugitives [8:27]
14. Prisonsers [4:58]
15. A Last Request [4:10]
1. The Origins of the Film [10:42]
2. Matthias Habich [2:31]
3. Mathieu Carrière [1:10]
4. Marc Eyraud [1:39]
5. Valeska Gert [3:43]
6. Igor Luther [4:48]
7. Henri Colpi and Stanley Myers [2:59]
8. Jean-Pierre Melville [1:36]
9. Marguerite Yourcenar [6:57]
10. The Ending of the Film [6:51]

Cast and Crew: Jutta Brückner  Screenwriter 
Eberhard Junkersdorf  Executive Producer 
Stanley Myers  Composer (Music Score) 
Volker Schlöndorff  Director 
Margarethe von Trotta  Screenwriter 
Genevieve Dormann  Screenwriter 
Margarethe von Trotta  Actor 
Matthias Habich  Actor 
Rudiger Kirschstein  Actor 
Mathieu Carrière  Actor 
Henry van Lyck  Actor 
Marc Eyraud  Actor 
Bruno Thost  Actor 
Valeska Gert  Actor 

Country: France,West Germany