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DER FANGSCHUSS (1976)

AKAs:
Coup de grace (USA) (DVD box title)

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Criterion Collection # 192

DVD Release Date: May 27, 2003




Director: Volker Schlondorff

Description:
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 Schlondorff's Coup de grace is a powerful film that explores the interrelation of private passion and political commitment.

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Coup de grace
by Hans-Bernhard Moeller and George Lellis
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Format: NTSC

DVD Size: 7.32 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (main feature): 98 minutes

Type: Black and White

Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 | Anamorphic

Sound (main feature): German + French DD1.0 Mono

Subtitles: optional English



DISC FEATURES:

# New digital transfer, enhanced for widescreen televisions.
# Video interview with director Volker Schlondorff and screenwriter/star Margarethe von Trotta.
# New and improved English subtitle translation.


Studio: Criterion

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poster: Jimb