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Coup de Grâce

1976 · 95 min

A cold, slow-burning tragedy of unrequited love and political collapse, suffused with melancholy and a sense of doom.

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

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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • war
  • betrayal
  • isolation
  • death
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
war, drama
Directed by
Volker Schlöndorff
Written by
Jutta Brückner, Margarethe von Trotta, Geneviève Dormann
Starring
Margarethe von Trotta, Matthias Habich, Rüdiger Kirschstein, Mathieu Carrière, Valeska Gert, Frederik von Zichy, Bruno Thost, Marc Eyraud
Music
Stanley Myers
Cinematography
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Runtime
95 min
Country
Germany, France
Languages
French, German

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