Coup de Grâce

A countess loves her brother's Prussian-officer friend in the 1919 Baltic area.

Countries France , Germany

Production Countries France , Germany

Language German

Spoken Languages French , German

Gneres Drama , War

Production Companies Argos films , Neue Bioskop Film

Release Date 21 October 1976

95 mins

Cast

Margarethe von Trotta Sophie de Reval

Matthias Habich Erich von Lhomond

Rüdiger Kirschstein Conrad de Reval

Mathieu Carrière Volkmar von Plessen

Valeska Gert Tante Praskovia

Frederik von Zichy Franz von Aland

Bruno Thost Chopin

Marc Eyraud Doctor Paul Rugen

Henry van Lyck Borschikoff

Alexander von Eschwege Blankenberg

Franz Morak Grigori Loew

Hannes Kaetner Michel

Stephan Paryla-Raky Unteroffizier

Crew

Director

Volker Schlöndorff

Writers

Margarethe von Trotta

Jutta Brückner

Geneviève Dormann

Producer

Eberhard Junkersdorf

Cinematography

Igor Luther

Composer

Stanley Myers

Editor

Jane Seitz

Original Writer

Marguerite Yourcenar