Germany
1976
98 minutes
Black and White
1.66:1
French, German
192
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 Coup de grâce is a powerful film that explores the interrelation of private passion and political commitment.
| Sophie von Reval | Margarethe von Trotta |
| Erich von Lhomond | Matthias Habich |
| Volkmar von Plessen | Mathieu Carriere |
| Konrad von Reval | Rüdiger Kirschstein |
| Aunt Praskovia | Valeska Gert |
| Dr. Paul Rugen | Marc Eyraud |
| Franz von Aland | Frederik von Zichy |
| Director | Volker Schlöndorff |
| Executive producer | Eberhard Junkersdorf |
| Cinematography | Igor Luther |
| Editing | Jane Sperr |
| Music | Stanley Myers |
| Sound | Gerhard Birkholz |
| Production Design | Jurgen Kiebach |
| Screenplay | Jutta Bruckner, Genevieve Dorman and Margarethe von Trotta |
| From the novel by | Marguerite Yourcenar |
Here’s a quick birthday shout-out to Academy Award–winning, New German Cinema trailblazing Volker Schlöndorff, who turns seventy today. The tireless Schlöndorff is reportedly celebrating in (his) style: he’s currently on a reading tour through Germany, promoting his new autobiography, Light . . .
Excerpted from Hans-Bernhard Moeller and George Lellis’ Volker Schlöndorff’s Cinema: Adaptation, Politics, and the “Movie-Appropriate.Despite its modest claims, Volker Schlöndorff’s twelfth film, Coup de
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