---
title: 'Coup de Grâce (1976)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Volker Schlöndorff'
released: '1976-08-15'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/coup-de-grace-1976'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074515/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Coup de Grâce (1976)

1976 · 97 min · Drama, War · Germany, France

Original title: Le Coup de grâce

## Synopsis

Coup de Grâce is a 1976 West German drama war film directed by Volker Schlöndorff.
Adapted from the novel Coup de Grâce by the French author Marguerite Yourcenar, the war film explores passion amid underlying political tones. The title comes from the French expression, meaning "finishing blow". An opening title dedicates the film to Jean-Pierre Melville, for whom Schlöndorff had worked as an assistant director.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Margarethe von Trotta](https://cinepixo.com/people/margarethe-von-trotta), [Jutta Brückner](https://cinepixo.com/people/jutta-bruckner)
- **Director:** [Volker Schlöndorff](https://cinepixo.com/people/volker-schlondorff)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Stanley Myers](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-myers)
- **Producer:** [Eberhard Junkersdorf](https://cinepixo.com/people/eberhard-junkersdorf), [Anatole Dauman](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatole-dauman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Igor Luther](https://cinepixo.com/people/igor-luther)
- **Editor:** [Jane Seitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-seitz)

## Cast

- [Hannes Kaetner](https://cinepixo.com/people/hannes-kaetner)
- [Stephan Paryla-Raky](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephan-paryla-raky)
- [Marc Eyraud](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-eyraud)
- [Bruno Thost](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-thost)
- [Franz Morak](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-morak)
- [Rüdiger Kirschstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudiger-kirschstein)
- [Margarethe von Trotta](https://cinepixo.com/people/margarethe-von-trotta)
- [Matthias Habich](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthias-habich)
- [Henry van Lyck](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-van-lyck)
- [Valeska Gert](https://cinepixo.com/people/valeska-gert)
- [Mathieu Carrière](https://cinepixo.com/people/mathieu-carriere)
- [Ernst Alexander von Eschwege](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-alexander-von-eschwege)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/coup-de-grace-1976
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