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7.1/10   335 votes
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Writers:
Marguerite Yourcenar (novel)
Jutta Brückner (writer) ...
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Release Date:
17 November 1976 (France) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A countess' unrequited love for an army officer leads to disaster. | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins more
User Comments:
A magnificent film, lucidly depicting the darkness of betray, jealousy, death against the backdrop of a hopeless war. more

Cast

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Margarethe von Trotta ... Sophie de Reval
Matthias Habich ... Erich von Lhomond
Rüdiger Kirschstein ... Conrad de Reval
Marc Eyraud ... Doctor Paul Rugen
Bruno Thost ... Chopin
Frederik von Zichy ... Franz von Aland
Valeska Gert ... Aunt Praskovia
Mathieu Carrière ... Volkmar von Plessen
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Coup de grâce (USA) (DVD box title)
Le coup de grâce (France)
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Runtime:
Germany:97 min
Language:
German | French
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Burgenland, Austria
Company:
Argos Films more

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Featured in Nur zum Spaß, nur zum Spiel (1977) more

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
A magnificent film, lucidly depicting the darkness of betray, jealousy, death against the backdrop of a hopeless war., 17 October 2006
9/10
Author: K Banerjee from United States

I had never seen any of the work of Schlöndorff prior to watching this film, so Fangschuß came as an overwhelming surprise, a movie whose pathos and displays of cinematic brilliance (Igor Luther) seem like something between the thanatotic films of Bergman and the dreamlike confusions of some of Fellini's work-- Through a Glass Darkly and La Dolce Vita come to mind. More then any film I've ever seen, Fangschuß seems to capture that terrifying collapse of ones life into a sort of unpredictable madness and ambiguity, the torture that the films personal relations depict overshadowing the brutality of the war itself, in a way that all the while juxtaposes the themes of love and death in a way I had hitherto not thought possible. Certainly not light watching-- but I'd recommend this film to everybody, especially since so few people seem to have heard of it.

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