Der Fangschuss
Volker Schlöndorff
Der Fangschuss Coup de Grâce [videorecording] Coup de Grâce Der Fangschuß Volker Schlöndorff - West Germany Argos Films Bioskop Film Hessischer Rundfunk (HR) The Criterion Collection 2003 - 1 videodisc (ca. 98 min.) sound, black & white. 4 3/4 in. - The Criterion Collection Vol. 192 .
Originally released as a motion picture in 1976.
Special features include:
- Interview with Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta.
Based on Marguerite Yourcenar's novel "Coup de grâce".
From case cover:
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 would-be lover, the young woman is sent into a downward sprial of psychosexual depression, promiscuity, and revolutionary collaboration. A startling tale of the heartbreak and violence set against the backdrop of bloody revolution, Volker Schlöndorff's Coup de Grâce is a powerful film that explroes the interrelation of private passion and political commitment.
DVD video, Dolby Digital 1.0, mono, Region 2, PAL, 1.77:1 aspect ratio. as 16:9 widescreen.
German and French audio. Optional English subtitles.
PN1997 / .F364 1976
Der Fangschuss Coup de Grâce [videorecording] Coup de Grâce Der Fangschuß Volker Schlöndorff - West Germany Argos Films Bioskop Film Hessischer Rundfunk (HR) The Criterion Collection 2003 - 1 videodisc (ca. 98 min.) sound, black & white. 4 3/4 in. - The Criterion Collection Vol. 192 .
Originally released as a motion picture in 1976.
Special features include:
- Interview with Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta.
Based on Marguerite Yourcenar's novel "Coup de grâce".
From case cover:
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 would-be lover, the young woman is sent into a downward sprial of psychosexual depression, promiscuity, and revolutionary collaboration. A startling tale of the heartbreak and violence set against the backdrop of bloody revolution, Volker Schlöndorff's Coup de Grâce is a powerful film that explroes the interrelation of private passion and political commitment.
DVD video, Dolby Digital 1.0, mono, Region 2, PAL, 1.77:1 aspect ratio. as 16:9 widescreen.
German and French audio. Optional English subtitles.
PN1997 / .F364 1976