Coup de Grace [Criterion Collection]

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

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

DVD FEATURES:

• Number of Discs: 1
• Audio: Dolby Digital Mono
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1 (Alternate Wide Screen)
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Subtitle: Eng
• Features:
  • New digital transfer, enhanced for widescreen televisions
  • Interview with Volker Schlondorff and Margarethe von Trotta
  • New and improved English subtitle translation
  • Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition

AWARDS

• Telluride Film Festival

•     Film Presented - 1977

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Margarethe von Trotta - Sophie
       Matthias Habich - Erich von Lhomond
       Rudiger Kirschstein - Konrad
       Mathieu Carriere - Volkmar von Plessen
       Bruno Thost - Chopin

• Director:

  Volker Schlöndorff

• Screenwriter:

  Jutta Brückner, Margarethe von Trotta, Genevieve Dormann

• Book Author:

  Marguerite Yourcenar

• Cinematographer:

  Igor Luther

• Composer (Music Score):

  Stanley Myers

• Editor:

  Annette Dorn, Henri Colpi, Jane Sperr

• Production Designer:

  Hans Jurgen Kiebach

• Executive Producer:

  Eberhard Junkersdorf

• Costume Designer:

  Ingrid Zore