Question 1

What does the title 'Coup de Grâce' translate to?

Accepted Answer

The title translates to 'Finishing Blow'.

Question 2

Which film festivals featured 'Coup de Grâce' in 1976 and 1977?

Accepted Answer

It was featured at the Locarno International Film Festival in 1976 and the Telluride Film Festival in 1977.

Question 3

Who plays Sophie von Reval, the countess at the center of the story?

Accepted Answer

Margarethe von Trotta plays Sophie von Reval.

Question 4

What is unique about the narrative perspective in the film adaptation of Yourcenar's novel?

Accepted Answer

The film reconfigures the point of view, making Sophie a co-protagonist alongside Erich, unlike the novel's first-person narration by Erich.

Question 5

Which Criterion Collection spine number is this film?

Accepted Answer

It is spine #192 in the Criterion Collection.

Coup de Grâce

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