Der Fangschuss [videorecording] Volker Schlöndorff Coup de Grâce

By:

Volker Schlöndorff

Contributor(s):

Material type: Film

FilmLanguage: German, French Summary language: English Original language: German, French Subtitle language: English Series: The Criterion Collection ; Vol. 192Publication details: West Germany Argos Films Bioskop Film Hessischer Rundfunk (HR) The Criterion Collection 2003Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 98 min.) sound, black & white. 4 3/4 inOther title:

Coup de Grâce
Der Fangschuß

Uniform titles:

Coup de Grâce

LOC classification:

PN1997 .F364 1976

Summary: 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.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
DVD - Video	SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-B: DVD Cabinet B	PN1997 .F365 1976	Available	German and French audio. Optional English subtitles.		000695

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.

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