72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Der Fangschuss / Coup de Grace

Volker Schlöndorff
France - West Germany
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A detachment of German soldiers sent to the Baltic to curb the Communist during the 1919 uprisings set up quarters in the stately home of a rich family reuined by the war. Obsessed with keeping his troops in line, not even offspring Sophie's love can sidetrack Commander Erich from his mission. Rejected by her idol, the girl throws herself herart and soul into the Bolshevik struggle. 

Director
Volker Schlöndorff
Screenplay
Jutta Brückner, Geneviève Dormann, Margarethe von Trotta, Marguerite Yourcenar
Plot
Le coup de grâce (Marguerite Yourcenar)
Photography
Igor Luther
Edition
Henri Colpi, Jane Sperr
Music
Stanley Myers
Cast
Margarethe von Trotta, Mathieu Carrière, Matthias Habich, Rudiger Kirschstein
Running Time
96 m.
Country
France - West Germany
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